Catalytic Narrative

After nearly 30 years, I've now shared three lively meals with my friend from Guangzhou. We roomed together as young teacher trainees in...

Yes, it's very damp here in Guangzhou this time of year. Nothing dries except under the influence of air-conditioning. But I'm not g...

I know I'm a special kind of clueless. I know. So the day after I write up my book-touristing adventure, my friend and colleague  Nan...

Here in Shanghai, it's very slow going to get a solid internalized sense of the city. It's just too vast, and it's under such co...

Yesterday was April 1, and after hard charging all day against the cranky Internet here in Shanghai, by close of day my mind was doing what ...

Happy Spring! Google celebrates today with a doodle showing smiling rocks watching a cherry tree blossom. The little one accidentally sneeze...

I'm very acronym challenged today. Back in the day, I thought I remembered NOTD meant News of the Day; something the sysadmin might conf...