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It is my first Chinese New Year and I'm alone. Like Christmas in America, when people see you alone on the holiday, they look at you with that 'where are your people' frown, or worse, the sympathetic… Continue

Yuánxiaojié
I saw a red ember
flying in the night
dying in its flight
slowly burning
a fiery flower
a smoky stem
falling toward me
like a wayward
star tumbling
in the moonlight
growing smaller
in its graceful
decent no
wind to hasten
it's demise
falling, this bit of
firework,… Continue

We woke up to a white Christmas in Fuyang--just not the kind you might expect. Fog. Everywhere. Deep, dense fog. It was beautiful and otherworldly. Like we were between worlds. No lights, no music, no advertisements, nothing that shouts out Christmas like in the Western world.… Continue

Happy Yule! It's been a long, dark night here in China but the light has returned. I have a sprig of holly and a small branch of everygreen for my altar. I plucked the holly fresh from a tree [asking permission of course] after doing a ritual and meditation last night on the roof top u… Continue

HOLIDAY EATING TIPS

1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Christmas spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave immediately. Go next door, where they're serving rum balls.

2. Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly. It's… Continue