We just returned from a visit to Hong Kong. A popular tourist destination, it is also a center of high finance and business. Our hotel was fancy by our standards, offering extravagant lunch and dinner buffets that always seemed crowded. As we toured the island, our guide pointed out the nicer neighborhoods where apartments can […]
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When many of us were children, our parents made us eat the good food they prepared so we wouldn’t get hungry later and eat the junk food others might offer us, especially strangers. They did it because they loved us and wanted to make sure we had the best. Hopefully you did that for your
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It was Sophia’s Birthday and we wanted to wish her a Happy Birthday and let her know how much we love her even though we lived in Beijing, and she was in Texas. That was her special day, and she deserved a little extra attention. It took a bit of doing with the
I was born into a working-class family in the US. We moved a lot and about time we would get “settled” my mother, who suffered from depression, would get sick and be put in the hospital. My brothers and I would stay with our grandmother until my Dad would start all over in another place,
Most people have an image in their mind of what a warrior is. We read about them in history books, see them in movies, and in the news. I met one 35 years ago. He didn’t wield a sword or carry a gun, but was part of the battle, nonetheless. He loaded weapons on fighter
