Forbidden Panda
People behave badly at Chinese zoos. China just doesn’t have the same standards for animal welfare, and most people aren’t as familiar with wildlife as...
Published in December
I began the month of December in Hong Kong, where I kept working while my kids trained in kung fu. But when I got home,...
Eugene Onegin at Seattle Opera
Once again, I almost didn’t go to the opera. I was on a deadline and hadn’t been feeling well all weekend. A finished draft and...
Freedom Fliers
May Wind 五月的风 is located in May Fourth Square on the waterfront in Qingdao. The park and its sculpture are dedicated to the The May...
The Games We Play
Movies always show groups of old men sitting around playing board games in the park, but I had never seen it in real life. Then...