at the End of the World – the valley a couple of blocks from the Hartse homestead posted by Sarah Half of our summer has already whizzed by, which I suppose is good in a way because it means that we’re enjoying ourselves. So far we’ve seen 2 movies in theaters (UP in 3D and [...]
Read more →posted by Sarah We’re back in Spokane for the summer! More updates to come, but right now I need some serious sleep time.
Read more →posted by Sarah So we have recently switched to posting on our blogs via email, because the Great Firewall has inconveniently blocked blogging sites in preparation for the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. More on that later… Today, however, I'll post a little about the Duan Wu Festival – literally meaning the summer [...]
Read more →Yes, Sarah started a new blog. You can access it/RSS feed it/follow it here: http://sarahjhh.blogspot.com/ Thus ends the horn tooting.
Read more →posted by SarahSince we had a three day weekend last week (Joel usually has to teach on Saturdays) we took advantage of the free time and spectacular spring weather to visit the city of Nanjing, perhaps best known in the US for the Nanking Massacre – which occurred at the start of WWII. Located in [...]
Read more →posted by Sarah We have often heard about Suzhou, because it’s linked to Hanzhou in an old saying: “上有天堂,下有蘇杭” which translates as: “Above is heaven, below is Su-Hang (the cities of Suzhou & Hangzhou).” We decided to take a weekend trip to the city whose legendary beauty is matched only by our own Hangzhou. The [...]
Read more →posted by Sarah We spent a good week with Joel’s parents in our adopted home of Hangzhou. Besides seeing the sights, we also stuffed ourselves silly and had multiple massages (foot and head) – a great way to get the tension out of those sore muscles! Our week in review: Hangzhou’s West Lake – its [...]
Read more →posted by Sarah He is risen indeed. Now I can watch movies again. Also, I got a digital tablet recently which I’m using for my loads of Chinese homework (Windows has amazing handwriting recognition capability!)… and I’m also playing around with the drawing side of it as well. Here’s my first quick drawing (inspired by [...]
Read more →posted by Sarah “Joel and Sarah are a spicy mix of fire and water with enough steam to drive a locomotive” – Joe Ely (By the way: he’s not talking about us)We occasionally get emails from well-meaning individuals hoping to contact Joel and Sarah; however, they’re not looking for us in particular – apparently there [...]
Read more →posted by Sarah We apologize for the lack of posts here lately; it’s been a crazy busy semester for us both and we’ve been up to our necks in work – but also play! This past week, we had the privilege of hosting Joel’s parents, Jane and Kevin, for 10 days, which turned out to [...]
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