Origins I started this blog near the end of last April, impulsively, after I read the […]
Four days ago, I was quite dissatisfied with Shanghai and with living abroad in general. I […]
One of the emotionally complicating factors of constantly living in and travelling through countries with troubled […]
Have I ever mentioned how much I loathe monkeys? In India, on an island just off […]
Let me introduce you to a few key examples of how I have traveled in the […]
So the incessant festive explosions of last night continued until very very late, late enough for […]
As a Rooster, Doug’s mortal enemy in Chinese astrology is the Rabbit. And lo, come tomorrow, […]
So we went to Qibao yesterday, our first grand excursion in a week or so, as […]
They arrived yesterday and they are jetlagged. However, I was a cruel daughter and we went […]
So remember how I said my next post was going to be all about the Christmas […]
I think I have two narratives here so I’m pre-emptively dividing them up into two posts. […]
  I’m a very optimistic person in spite of all my references to key words like […]