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The following photos are for a few of my Chinese followers who were asking about Chicago and what my mom and I did there.  Here are a few visuals from our trip which we took a week ago.

The Chinese Spring Festival, the Year of the Rooster, is January 27  and is nearly upon us.  My college’s Fall semester ended January 9, and finally, I find a moment to breath.  All I can say is:  What a crazy, … Continue reading →

  The move to my new college campus, at the outskirts of Luzhou (loo-joe) city in Sichuan Province, China, brought with it a lot of changes.  New area of the city, new school  buildings, excellent classroom equipment and a  modern … Continue reading →

As a reminder: I arrived in the States on July 1st and have been enjoying time with my mom in my hometown, Marshall, IL. My return date to China will be August 6. The evening’s cool breeze was sweeping me, … Continue reading →

      Despite good intentions, looks like my days got away from me since the last posting. My vacation started 2 1/2 weeks ago but has included quite a few surprises.  The biggest one concerns the new teachers coming … Continue reading →

Today is the second day of vacation for me, although the students are still taking their final exams for their Chinese courses at this time.  Dragon Boat Festival is tomorrow and the entire nation has been given Thursday and Friday off, meaning … Continue reading →

Priscilla Wieck’s Column:   “Walk With Me” My mom, Priscilla Wieck, has been writing a weekly column for our local Marshall newspaper for 3 months now.  She has entitled it “Walk with Me” because of her daily walks around our small town … Continue reading →

A former post was devoted our new school campus, with pictures dating from May 2nd when Peace Corp volunteer, Jackie Zubin, and I visited the site to check things out. We trekked by replanted sticks of trees, clamored over dirt … Continue reading →

All last week, text messages were flying between the English language departmental staff (including myself and Peace Corp volunteer Jackie) and our English major students. “Are we on for Friday or not?” The 10th Annual English Language Play Contest was hovering over … Continue reading →