Archive for April, 2008

Yikes…

Friday, April 25th, 2008

When I was in Beijing earlier this month, I did a Hash House Harriers run with these guys. It’s always a little dicey—a bunch of raucous foreigners, many dressed outlandishly, few speaking Chinese, so this isn’t altogether surprising. The closest I ever came to something like this was once running around the Forbidden City. There’s [...]

Dog days done

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

I’ve just gotten back from two foreign trips, and will post some quick travelogs shortly. Yesterday, at the end of a trip to Beijing to meet with colleagues and visit my daughter, who is teaching there, came news of the death of our 16-year-old dog, Princess. We’d gotten her from the Humane Society pound in [...]