Things have been a litle quiet in here recently. I’ve been struggling with some computer problems over the last two months, which now seemed to be straightened out, though it took more time to correct than I’d thought it would. So now that I have worked that one out, it is time for me to [...]
Entries from June 2009
Going South
June 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment
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The Day After
June 5th, 2009 · 6 Comments
There has been so much written about June 4th that I have not even tried to throw my hat into the ring. I have nothing new to add to the mix. I was living in rural Virginia then, in what seems like another life. My daughter was finishing kindergarten, my wife, a librarian in Winchester, [...]
Tags: Beijing · Tank Man · Tian'anmen
Yeah, But Will It Rain?
June 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Here is a photo from my north porch at 5;35 this evening. Tall apartment blocks, satellite dishes, a three-sided trash hold, an empty six-story former housing unit (w/satellite dishes), the Tianjin TV Tower and clouds. Ominous looking clouds. Clouds that look like they might contain rain. Could we be so lucky? Rain in early June? [...]
The Truth Will Get You Blocked
June 2nd, 2009 · 7 Comments
At approximately 16:57 this afternoon (June 2, 2009) in Tianjin Flickr flickered off. Actually there was no flicker about it. Someone here in China threw the switch and that was that. Twitter too has flown the coop. In the moments leading up to the June 4th Tiananmen Square 20th anniversary China has decided that too [...]