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 […]

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

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

This is our last weekend in Beijing before we fly back to visit our family, friends and loved ones in Texas. It will be a long flight (16hrs) and we will only stay for two weeks. We made sure the ticket destination was correct, and we know when we will leave. The tickets were expensive,

Watching the news coverage about the murder of four unarmed Marines makes me want to thank GOD for the Marines. You may have reasons to disagree, but there are many reasons why you should consider my suggestion. Marines defend us and our way of life. This is more evident to me because of the young