Monthly Archives: October 2009

万圣节快乐!! = ハッピーハロウィン = Happy Halloween!!

The past two weeks in our 7th grade classes Stuart and I have been teaching together prepping for the day when children turn into demons, women dress up by dressing in nearly nothing at all, jack-o’lanters replace streetlights, candy is consumed without conscience and there is a air of spooky mystery to everything.
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“Happy Halloween” by [...]

dumpling school

China Diary: Day Forty Three
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Thursday’s central event was lunch with Joy and her husband at their home.
They have a stunning penthouse apartment with hardwood floors, stairs to a second floor, outdoor garden, study with Chinese style bookshelf and a balcony.

Before lunch Joy taught us to make jiaoza, Chinese dumplings. You take a [...]

the up is up

China Diary: Day Forty Two
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
The third day of my holiday week building websites went mostly as I had hoped. In the morning I was able to do some nice tweaking on Mr.Danoff, and load up The Uncertainty Principle. When I started doing The UP I was not considering having a print edition [...]