Apr 16, 2018
It was about this time of year when some students and I took a road trip. Actually, it would be more accurate to say a bus trip. The students were from the university where I was teaching, and we decided to go to a smaller town a little north of our city to have a...
Aug 9, 2016
My grandparents were passionate about their gardening, so when I was teaching at a university in China it was enjoyable for me to watch the efforts of some of my neighbors bear fruit. I could look over the wall enclosing their homes, and see them working in their...
Jul 14, 2015
It is always so impressive to me how easy it is to find art in China. Even the simplest of items can be turned into something beautiful. Recently I was in China and found this item. I am not sure if this would be considered a fruit or a gourd, regardless, it was...
May 22, 2014
Water, Water Everywhere Since my grandparents were great gardeners, I observed a few things while watching the Chinese around my campus work in their gardens. One of the first things I noticed is that my Chinese neighbors would use lots of water on their plants. The...
May 20, 2014
Green Thumbs In my recent post, Heaven on Earth, I mentioned how the gardeners on the university campus where I had the honor of teaching didn’t have many modern tools or vehicles to carry their tools. I was very impressed with how well these workers kept the...