Those of you who have lived in China, especially “back in the day,” may remember the venerable Flying Pigeon bicycles. You know, the ones that were huge, built like a Mack truck, and functioned as local pick-up trucks. Maybe you even rode one. I still have vivid images in my mind of tall teammates riding […]
Favorite Books of 2020
Once again this year, I set a goal of reading 50 books. With just a few more days to go, I should be able to reach it. Some books were more memorable than others, of course. Herewith, then, is the list of my ten favorites (in alphabetical order): American Nations: A History of the Eleven […]
Thanksgiving Weekend Reading
I and my family have made our annual trek to the North Shore of Lake Superior for Thanksgiving weekend. This is year #10. We set up residence for 4 days in a condo at the beautiful Lutsen Resort, only 5o miles from the Canadian border. It also happens to be site of my niece’s wedding, […]
Book Review: Long Peace Street
Note: this post was originally published at www.chinasource.org I had the privilege of living in Beijing for almost 15 years. On its face, there’s not that much about the city to like. It’s too big. It’s too loud. It’s to square and boxy (I can think of only 1 or 2 roads that don’t run […]
Thanksgiving Reading
We’re heading up the freeway and along the north shore of Lake Superior today for our annual Thanksgiving getaway at Lutsen Resort. It will be 5 days of relaxing, eating, and enjoying the scenery. Hopefully a bit of snowshoeing as well, since we have a big snowstorm raging today. I also plan to put away […]
Road Trip Reading
Long hours in the car driving from Minnesota to the northern tip of Newfoundland means lots of time for reading. Here’s a list of the books that made the cut for this trip for each of the road-trippers (my sister, brother-in-law, mom, and me), with excerpted blurbs from Amazon. Don’t Tell the Newfoundlanders: The True […]
