Now I’m writing the introduction to what it was like to leave the nation I’d lived for about seven and a half years during the Covid epidemic’s breakout. China was where it began. That’s not in question. Nor is it an issue to me beyond the fact that I was a resident of China at that time, so I was near some of the early real social earthquakes as they happened, and some of what I’m writing in this book…
This year has been_ well… Yes. It has. There are many people saying that this year was tougher or kind, rougher or fine… Truth of the matter is that something to the tune of 7 billion people had 365 days and that leads to at least 2.555 trillion days’ worth of experiences. Think about that. One day to the next, a better or tougher day for each individual. Then, maybe a single day can have more than one way to…
I was going to share a new post that I wrote today, but found one that I am going to be installing from before I left China instead. It is a found-post that didn’t get uploaded. Following that, I’ll comment on a few of the things I mentioned and include a trimmed down version of what I’d prepared, since I largely said six months ago, what I wrote this afternoon. I think one of the reasons I didn’t post it…
One thing I find particularly helpful is regular stretching. I’ve taken up yoga through an audio book subscription that I have, and find it very helpful for opening up the points of tension in my body that grow in this modern phenomenon of staying at home boat-loads. (to the tune of Let it Snow)Society in general outside is frightfulAnd yet the world is still delightful.Because no matter how much we knowIt don’t show, it don’t show, it don’t show… Microsoft…
A lot is written below that I’ve provided links to for formal context, because I don’t want to be just saying stuff without citations, but (other than the first one about a 7-year old girl who studies under her parents’ food stall) feel free to skip them if you know the back story. Also, there is a poem at the end for you. I’m in a place that uses stories like this one to stay strong: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/8jBlRVXXMXtWnyeMVXD9fwI’m chilled by it….
I’m writing a fresh update because a lot has changed in the days and weeks. Things are changing fast. I’m in Guangzhou, China and we are back in business. Certain things, like schools and movie theaters are still on the out, but we are seeing major gatherings again. This is due to our nearly zero infections in about two weeks now. Rules that got us here: Isolation in the form of physical contact outdoors and personal space. Masks are an…
(…is so boring!) It’s not that I don’t appreciate the need for it, or that I have nothing to do, it’s just that being forced to sit in one room for an extended period of time is soundly annoying. It makes sense that this is what we do to criminals. Break a law, deal with being annoyed for the term of your sentence. That way, we can deter people from breaking the law, because getting caught is really annoying. I…