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I haven’t written much because I’m trying to save some food writing for when I get home.  If I don’t, we’ll be without updates for quite a while. I’d like to avoid that.
I leave for the states in a week.  I am very excited, a little nervous, and quite a bit sad.  It’s a mixture [...]

Getting up early in Kunming is immensely satisfying, despite the lack of coffee and crossword puzzles.  These days, my alarm typically goes off at 8:00am.  I stumble out of my room to use what’s left of the warm water in a shower, listen to the store clerk pep rally outside the window, and so the [...]

This box of caramels was one of my purchases at Paul’s Shop, yesterday. Paul’s is a little import grocery store in Kunming, in one of my yet-to-fully-explore areas relatively near campus.  This area also happens to include Salvador’s restaurant, which is the place to go if you’re craving Western food.
Prices at both locations are a [...]