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My Very COVID Holidays in the US (Or Why I’m Not a ‘Grinch’ This Year)

December is finally here and I’m actually looking forward to Christmas which contradicts how I generally feel about Christmas. For

Call me “Helpless”, but after watching the live-stage performance of the musical “Hamilton”, I simply had to write about Phillipa

Before the virus, it seemed unimaginable that my colleagues at the office in Beijing would brave the snarl of traffic

I appreciated my friend Jocelyn’s recent post about how she and all my other introverted friends are reveling in the

For years I have lauded barber shops in China as one of the greatest things about living in this country.

Writing a novel is time consuming and emotionally draining. I know that so well. Although I am not a professional

I grew up in northern Michigan in the middle of the woods. I guess it was that childhood and youth

Years ago, when my husband Jun and I spent some transitional months living in his family’s home in rural Zhejiang

January seems to be the slowest month of the year, although now the end of the month is finally here.

All of my fresh starts are associated with a change in location. I changed towns and schools when I went