Keyboard Cat
This is brilliant, though I don't really know why.
Fre to Gud Hom
Well, the fun with the gerbils continues. The babies are six weeks old now almost as big as Mama Bob. It has been amazing to watch their growth. Now it is like gremlins. They are running around like mad, bouncing off each other, all getting…
Last Column — More repat blues
THE EXPAT LIFEAPRIL 24, 2009Who Knew?Readers, Too, Were Surprised at the Difficulty of Coming Home *By ALAN PAULThe volume and intensity of response to my recent column on battling the repatriation blues caught me off guard.It is a subject…
Check this out
The guy from Maplewood Online made this rather strange video, which begins and ends with me and Dave Gomberg's band Mood Ring performing in town last week.My Beijing gigs are officially booked.CD information, to answer some questions: I will…
Woodie Alan Beijing Blues CDs done and for sale
...right now in china only. I'm working on that. Felt great to see this when it arrived by email this morning.
Last column — moving abroad for a spouse
THE EXPAT LIFEAPRIL 10, 2009It's China, or the JobSpouses face difficult decisions when their partners are offered an overseas assignmentBy ALAN PAULMy work life was one of the many areas in which I was extremely fortunate during my China venture.…
Back from Western jaunt
Mexican Hat rock in Monument Valley.We were there 20 years ago. Strange to thinkhow old we'll be if we wait 20 more to return again.Jacob got up to go watch the sunrise with me.Sandstorm obscured the brilliant red fireball I rememberfrom 1989,…
Classic
One of my favorite photos.
Devil’s Hand
Johnny Clyde Copeland was one of my favorite bluesmen... very physical, like the boxer he once was. and a stone cold good dude. I have a great story about him and some advice he once gave me about women and Becky in particular.. I promise to…