Carl Lance

Gone But Still With Us

My boss just left again for a well-deserved month-long vacation in the US. She is taking with her the knowledge and experience she gained from working many years in our job. With her went the boundless energy and drive she has for doing a great job. She also took the insight she has from many […]

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I’m Not From Here

I live in Beijing, China and see the impact the communist government has on every part of the people’s lives. When the government wants to do something, they don’t have a public hearing, take a poll, put it to a vote, or ask for popular support. They just do it. When they wanted to put

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You Need A New One

One morning my garage door opener stopped working, so I disconnected the drive chain until I could look at it. It was replaced when I bought the house, so I hoped it was a minor problem. I was busy with other things, so I manually opened and closed the door for a week. My wife

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Changed

We returned from our two weeks visit in Texas to a very different life. The couple who had been our close friends since we arrived in Beijing a year ago is gone. We can see them on Facebook and plan on visiting in the future, but our life here has changed. Susan said, “I felt

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Back In My Place

We just returned to Beijing from two weeks in Texas. We really enjoyed our stay there and it made us look forward even more to our retirement next year. Texas is “home” and where our closest family, friends and loved ones live. Our one and only daughter lives there and we would love to be

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