Shit got real this week, y’all. One of my friends found out her breast cancer spread to several major organs, so they stopped her radiation mid-treatment and sent her home to tell her kids. Another friend found out she has… Read More »Look At What You’re Afraid Of
Today is the perfect kind of day for going to an outdoor book fair–high blue skies, warm sunshine, and cool autumn breezes. We’ve had a string of gorgeous fall days, which still surprises me after the hot summer weeks I… Read More »A Place Like Home
The sun is slanting at an angle through the large, tinted Illinois Terminal windows. It’s a cool 64 degrees here in Champaign, Illinois. China, with its heat and humidity, is becoming a distant memory. I’m on my way to Chicago… Read More »China, Warm and Fuzzy
I’m in a small town in Missouri, and it feels about as far away from China as I can possibly get. The weather has been cool for this time of year, lower 80’s. Last night, we sat around a campfire,… Read More »So Far Away from Me, China
It’s 5:17am and I can’t sleep anymore. What better way to enjoy the early morning jet lag hours than to write another post about China, or rather, about being home from China? It’s still dark outside. Crickets are chirping and… Read More »Home from China