Last week the pollution was really bad in Beijing. It climbed to over 400 AQI, and it looked like a thick fog had settled over the city. From our apartment I could only see a few buildings, with nothing in sight beyond that. If I hadn’t known better, I would have thought that was all […]
Some people take that statement to mean what I am against, while others see it as a sign of intolerance and hatred. There are too many cases where these are accurate, or believed for good reason. It is heartbreaking to see adversaries choose sides and one or both call themselves Christian. There are circumstances where
We call South Texas home and for many years we owned a house near La Vernia. Our suburban home was located on 1.79 rough acres. The weather in that area is hot and dry and trying to make a nice yard presented a number of challenges. Our yard had cactus, briers, gopher mounds and an
Living in Beijing we keep a wary eye on the Air Quality Index (AQI), to see if it is safe to go outside without a protective mask. Yesterday when I looked the AQI was 170 (Unhealthy), which is kind of normal here. While I wasn’t watching the AQI soared to over 400 (Hazardous). After seeing
The words “I love you” rarely mean very much these days. No matter how sincerely they are proclaimed, there is often something held back. Most mean something like, “I will give you what you want as long as I get what I want from the deal.” During weddings you hear “they are so in love”
