A misty, cloudy, cold day in Beijing. First stop, the Ming Tombs. Some time to wander with the stone animals and get silly. It helped keep us warm. Before lunch, we were told that the roads to the Great Wall
Ach! Scheiss! Moments and Day 2 – Beijing
Ever have one of those moments where you go searching for those precious 35mm negatives from seven years ago — and you can’t find them? Serious OHSHIT moment. That was me, about 30 minutes ago. But I found my negatives
Yeastie Boy and Rhel
Oh yes, another post about Laddie. He now has a yeast infection in his right ear, and the left one looks not too good either. Another vet trip. Dr. C. said, “Laddie, you’ve been here entirely too much in your
The Dumb Adoption Question
It finally happened to me. I got a dumb adoption question. I was at my 25th college reunion this weekend, at all-female college I attended in Central MN. Good school, but in my era, one of the majors was drinking.
A Prairie Home Parade
Girl SandwichOriginally uploaded by thepracticalscot. Last Wednesday was the Premier of “A Prairie Home Companion – The Movie”. I know that’s not the official title, but around here, you need to differentiate between the movie and the weekly radio program!
So Very Cute
In Nanchang, Jiangxi Province: February 17 – February 22, 2003 When Rachel wasn’t upset over being held by Mama or that Mama didn’t shovel ten pounds of food into her fast enough, it was pretty obvious that Rachel was a
Gotcha Day
February 16, 2003 Mary and her neice Laura had been the first of our group to arrive in Nanchang. They had flown in from Hong Kong. The babies arrived before the rest of us. Mary took photos of the babies
The Best Valentine’s Day Ever
February 14, 2003 I had hoped that Rachel’s Gotcha Day would be Valentine’s Day, but things just didn’t work out that way. So instead we were in Beijing for a few more days before leaving on the 16th for Nanchang
Separate and Together
February 13th — I wake with swollen, very sore feet. There is no way I can handle a full day walking tour in The Forbidden City and The Summer Palace with these feet. I give John my APS camera, lots
Beijing – The Love Affair Continues
We arrive in Beijing the evening of February 11th, after a mega-hour set of flights from the Twin Cities. We stop in Toyko and pick up another couple from our travel group, Dan and Anne. I don’t remember much about