Frogs Under An Umbrella

My Opera in China has been a real pain for over a year. At times, I can post but not download a picture. I'm taking a chance and posting today without the pics in hopes to update friends and family on what's going on. We now have 18 children, but don't panic several are going for adoption before th ...

We are in the midst of a transition at Swallow's Nest. The children were moved Friday the 13th at noon by me and all four workers. We took them to our university home on the 5th floor of another building about a 10 minute taxi ride from you ai lu. The painters have finished their work but we want t ...

Yesterday, we added another little 2 and a half year old to Swallow's Nest. Her Special Need is deafness. You always hope maybe its not true, but last night she had the ultimate hearing test. All the children went to bed fairly well and were quiet by 9 pm. The older girls whispered until about 9:45 ...

When older children first come to Swallow's Nest, they show very little emotion. Then, after a few days or a week, they are happy, happy, happy. Next, (and the Dora Memory game usually brings it out) they begin to feel......the good, the bad, and the ugly. Last night, we're playing the memory game. ...

Every now and then, I'll spot something that reminds me of days gone by. Last week, it was the holihocks in the field at our school. I love these flowers. They're not my favorite but the memories are sweet. My grandmother used to plant them on the edge of her vegetable garden. She'd have a row or t ...

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我们这代人很幸运，也很无奈，幸运在于我们处在一个知识大爆炸的年代，新的知识层出不穷，我们每个人的知识可能能够跟那些历史的伟人像牛顿、伽利略等比肩，无奈的是正是因为知识大爆炸，这些知识的更新的速度也加快 ...

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I'm well peed off! I just wrote a really good blog (if I do say so myself) about Vampire Weekend and then after pressing "preview post" the bloody computer froze on me and then all my open pages disappeared. I'm so peed off I don't feel like writing the blog again so that will have to wait till late ...

Last year around this time Woody finished her first year of teaching and was very sad about losing her babies. I sympathised but thought she was maybe being a bit soppy. For the past month and a bit I've been doing voluntary work mainly with Woodys reception class, gradually changing from two days ...

I F***ing love this! It's Sharleen Spiteri but you can tell it's a Bernard Butler production as well with that gorgeous string arrangement.

We moved back home after house sitting at my folks for a month last Monday night. I spent a few daytime days here during that month and hated being in this pokey dreary little flat again. However as soon as Woody and George the cat moved in with me on Monday the place felt instantly like home aga ...

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