August 22nd, 2008
Lady, lady, I take you today. No ticket! No tourist!
I’m standing in the town square in Lijiang, China, reviewing my inventory of polite rejections when, lo and behold, my rogue limbic system wrests its way to the forefront and I hear myself saying, “Okay, so where …
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July 25th, 2008

I got my visa last week, so the China trip is a go! I was a little worried about obtaining permission to visit because I own a cute Go Team Tibet! scarf and mitten set, and I was sure the Chinese government would …
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June 4th, 2008

I’ve tried at different times in my life to become interested in things that I thought I probably should be interested in. Gardening, baking, needlepoint, mountain biking among many others. Finally, in my forties, I have given up trying to cultivate new …
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