Press for Woodie Alan
We got some nice press on on of China's biggest rock websites. Woodie tells me it's a nice article, though not too exciting. It was my first interview as a musician on the other side of the microphone.
Maple Mountian morels
Modern everyday technology is pretty amazing. It's easy to lose sight of that, but here we have lifelong family friend David Kann spending the weekend in the hills of Western PA with my dad hunting for morel mushrooms and snapping photos on…
Ch-ch-changes
A few months ago in my column about the fast pace of change here, I wrote this:The improvements likely also have something to do with the new China International Exhibition Center being built up the road. The absolutely massive 660,000 square…
Becky’s story
This one line haunts me:An estimated 58 million children under 17 live without either of their parents in China's countryside.I think it is going to be a longtime until China really comes to grip with the consequences of this and of the one-child…
Easter Egg Hunt
Yeah, we did an Easter Egg hunt, hosted by our friends Nathan and Kristi. Surprise.. the kids loved it...
Cooking up a Cure (for Cancer)
Rodger "Ripper" Citron and family created The Jane and Carl Citron Chair in Colon Cancer to commemorate and celebrate the life of Rodg's mother Jane and her battle against cancer. They fund vital research in colon cancer treatments, prevention,…
More Yangshuo photos
It's like a different planet.
Yangshuo with the Kapp Singer Family
Diana Kapp and Dave singer and their intrepid kids Kapp, Elliot and Emma left this morning after a week-long visit. This makes them just our second friends to visit with kids. We had a great time, especially on a trip to Yangshuo in Southern…
57 pounds of poison
Oh my. Ben Kessler. baddest 7.5 y.o. hombre in Short Hills, 57 pounds of poisons. Lock up the little girls. Hide the boys.
More Woodie Alan video
"Come to the Edge".. Woodie Alan original... lyrics mostly written in car on I 75 outside Flint, Michigan.. with kids screaming back seat...Rearranged version of Bob Dylan's "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go"