This entry explores a few memories of one of my hometowns, Victoria, Texas. For those of you visiting the blog with no experience in Victoria, just imagine how much your own hometown has changed over the years. Change is universal, but can be so shocking to an expat! This entry is cross posted at Ni [...]
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Birds in flight, claims the architect Vincenzo Volentieri, are not between places, they carry their places with them. We never wonder where they live: they are at home in the sky, in flight. Flight is their way of being in the world. –Geoff Dyer Found on P. 80 of Pico Iyer’s The Global Soul, a book that [...]
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Recently I posted pictures of the beautiful houseplants in my living room, the ones that I almost always forget to water – thank you, DH, for caring and watering them when I forget! I thought you might like to see what the rest of our apartment looks like. I posted pictures of our first apartment in [...]
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This weekend our mini-fridge and water cooler were delivered to our hotel room, which is now more of a studio apartment. It is really amazing having cold drinks, ice, cheese, yogurt – all things we take for granted. It looks as though we may be living in the hotel for longer than we thought, which [...]
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I'm an American expat living on the fringe of Chinese society. Thanks to a lifetime spent moving around, I often feel like an outsider. This blog explores life in Beijing, China, the occasional aviation topic, expat issues, random travel experiences and interesting things I see, read and hear. If you want to know more about my latest hobby, visit Sewing on the Fringe, where I blog about learning to sew in Beijing. And for daily documentation of Beijing's ever changing air quality, visit My Beijing Window. And, yes, I do wear my santa hat year-round. ;)
