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Moving too
Since everyone else is moving, and I do Live Journal to read and communicate with far flung friends, I have also moved to Dream Width. I will probably keep this Live Journal account, at least for awhile. I did stop the paid account though ( Read more... ) -
election
It is very nerve wracking being a half a day earlier during the election. -
Another Kind of Adventure
My Artist in the Schools Residency has begun. I was a little unsure of how it would go, but now that we are into the swing, it feels pretty good and I hope the kids and teachers feel the same way. I feel a little more comfortable showing these pictures since they involved my Residency.
The signs all over made me feel legit:
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Around the Great Wall
It was persimmon season. Persimmon trees drop all their leaves and leave the ripe, neon orange, persimmons hanging. Trees are dotted all over up to the Great Wall. My son said fruit trees were planted for the soldiers manning the wall. So presumably these modern fruits are descended from those ( Read more... ) -
The Great Wall, or bits of it anyway
Writing about the Great Wall of China is like writing about the terra cotta Warriors, but moreso. It is so epically, immensely big, that photos can't possibly do it justice. It can be seen going over and a little down the mountainside, sometimes taking great dips down a valley. But we can only see a small portion at a time ( Read more... ) -
Beijing Drivers and Xi'ng Museum
I have spent a couple of days at ISB for my residency. It's enjoyable. They asked me to come in several extra days. The planned residency starts next week. Today I was a volunteer though, a chaperone for Beatrice's class field trip. Beijing drivers don't change just for children. The bus stopped to let the little 4 year olds off and a driver behind ( Read more... ) -
Chen Lu itself
This village was picturesque, beautiful every part of it we saw had pottery everywhere.
Wall of pottery, one of many:
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Zounds! We find a potter
While walking befuddled down a Chen Lu street, we walked past a shack and someone stuck his head out and emphatically motioned us to come in. We were hesitant because of the aggressive tourist traps we had walked past in Xi'an. But finally we did and found an honest-to-goodness potter. Or rather he found us ( Read more... ) -
The Dragon Kiln
We did get to see (by accident) sections of an old dragon kiln. We were just walking down the street. The bricks look like they are still in decent condition. Never have I wanted to break down a fence more than I wanted to break down the flimsy fence that kept us from walking in and through this kiln:
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