Every four years I find myself glued to the Olympic curling competition. It’s quite inexplicable that sport which features a rock and a broom can be so mesmerizing. But it is, and there’s just something fun about watching it. And now it seems that folks in a village in China have succumbed to the fever […]
Opening Ceremonies
Last night I received a text message from a friend who lives in Beijing, just a stone’s throw from the Bird’s Nest Stadium where the Opening Ceremonies of the Winter Olympics are being held today. She told me that every night this week there have been helicopters circling over the stadium and her apartment building, […]