No Still Means No

No Still Means No

Nadia was enchanting from the moment she crossed our threshold.  Thirty-one years old, a natural beauty and an open, sincere spirit that flowed immediately from her steady handshake and engaging smile.  She came to our home for a week’s respite from her demanding job...
Dear China Friends

Dear China Friends

Dear son and China friends, I unabashedly send these words to you. I have been back in America for a month and each day has presented challenges in business, relationships, finances, culture and family dynamics that I could not have forseen while away. While it has...
Homeward Bound

Homeward Bound

“I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within.”  – Lillian Smith, American writer   I’ve been back a few short weeks from a three month hiatus in China and...
The Stare

The Stare

  Foreigners of all colors call it rude, uncivilized and violating- but they miss the point entirely.  We all stare at the Other. I am chuckling as I read my umpteenth blog written by a foreigner about the Chinese love for staring.  The Chinese have allegedly...