Lotus Root Valerie asked me to write more about food and what I eat. Tonight for dinner, I will have ground pork in lotus root with er l...

In a different iteration of my life, I would have expected to see a woodpecker when I opened my blinds, but the rat-a-tat-tat of a large...

Chinese embrace eco-burials BEIJING - Chinese traditionally believe that souls may rest in peace only if their bodies properly buried unde...

It is appalling that a US Representative, elected by the people, holds the belief that anthropogenic (human induced) climate change is not a...

"He is absolutely capable of undertaking the necessary renovation without any leaps into the unknown. He would be a balancing force. ...

As most of my readers know, in 1995, when I was an undergraduate at Middlebury College, the speaker at a peace sympoisum that I had organize...

We had a lovely trip to Beijing, though the housing situation was less than ideal. At first, the four of us were in one hostel, but Deborah ...