Classic British School Memo
Jacob is year 3 so this applies to him. Pretty funny, methinks.To fully appreciate it, you'd have to see this guy, who looks exactly like you thik he looks. The "best dressed" is the tie and blazer. To: Parents of Students in Years 3 and above…
Dixie goes skiing
David Kann checked in from Carlisle, PA, with the following letter. For those of you who don't know, DK is a lifelong friend, who is more like a brother, not withstanding the inconvenient fact that my actual brother's name is also David. There…
More birthday pictures
These pictures are from our birthday celebration in Jacob's class as well as that night at home, just us and the Yardleys. The sunglasses picture shows Jacob with two of his best friends Andrew Moy (Kathy Chen's son) and Javier Wong.
Jacob’s party
Jacob’s party was a big success. All the kids met here and piled onto a bus, which we hired from our compound and we set sail for Fun Dazzle downtown. I have described the place before, but in case you missed it or forget, it is basically…
Happy Anniversary To Us
As many of you remember first hand, 13 years ago today in Ann Arbor, Michigan, I made an honest woman out of Rebecca. I could say, “I can’t believe it’s been 13 years” but I would be lying. I really can’t even remember not being with…
Some funny response
I really enjoyed these two responses to my last column. If you didn;t see it and would like me to email you, drop me a line.Laura Romanoff writes from Chicago, in her own inimitable style: Poor baby!! I so feel for him. The same thing happened…
798 Art Center
There is an artist’s loft/studio/gallery area not far from here, in the Dashanzi area. The area is called 798, which is some sort of oblique reference to the Tian. pr-tsts. I don’t understand it so I can’t explain it, but that it what…
Happy Birthday Jacob
The top picture shows Jacob and Mr. Li beating the batter for his birthday cupcakes. Below that are two shots of him talking on the phone this morning to my folks and Laura and her family, who sang him "Happy Birthday." He is always cold and…
Note from Carrie Wells
Carrie Wells just got out of the hospital after about a week and will have to return before long, as noted below. Here is a ltter from her. Send her best wishes... We all need to get through this spring and take it from there.Dear Beloved Family…
Our latest purchase
We bought this piece of furniture yesterday at a place called Radiance, near here. They have a lot of beautiful stuff, countless rooms filled with it. They are having a limited early spring sale. I got this as part of that. It was pretty cheap.We…