My Alaska Musings while missing China.

October 13, 2009

2009-10-14T01:48:00+00:00

It has been awhile since I made an entry in this blog. I find it just a bit difficult to write about how it is to live in China, compared to how it is to live in the USA. Alaska has few people. In the whole state, there are less than one million people. When ...

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September 4, 2009

2009-09-04T20:45:00+00:00

While living in China, I rarely went out the door without a camera in my pocket. Many things are the same in China as in the USA, but just as many are very different. It seemed that there was always a picture waiting to be taken. Since returning to my home country, ...

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August 14, 2009

2009-08-15T02:44:00+00:00

I have been in Valdez fishing for silver salmon. Most people have heard of Valdez, Alaska because of the Exxon Valdez going aground on Bligh Reef, twenty years ago. Valdez was wiped off the face of the map in the 1964 Earthquake and Tsunami. The townsite was moved to its ...

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July 31, 2009

2009-08-01T07:23:00+00:00

I wish I could change the name of this blog from carolenchina to carolenalaska missing China. That would be pretty accurate. I do miss China and my friends there. I don't think I was ever homesick for Alaska as I am for China. Strange, don't you think? I tried, but ...

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July 7, 2009

2009-07-08T04:27:00+00:00

Unless, one lives on a remote island with no connection to the outside world, one cannot have missed hearing or reading about the riots in Western China. Xinjiang Province, to be exact. Reading about them makes me feel very sad. Xinjiang Province is one of ...

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June 24,2009

2009-06-24T19:54:00+00:00

http://carolenchina.us.splinder.com This is my new address. Motime changed its name to Splinder, so the addresses reflect that change. A couple of people asked me how to make the dishes that I talked about in my last blog. Mostly, they want measurements. That is a bit ...

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June 21, 2009

2009-06-21T21:17:00+00:00

Today is the Summer Soltice. In Alaska, that means that the days will start getting shorter. By December, we will have days where we see the sun for a little over 5 hours. We wont notice the day's getting shorter until much later in the fall. For now, we are enjoying ...

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June 17, 2009

2009-06-17T18:15:00+00:00

I got word today that my friend and former colleague, Stephen Leslie Gillingham, crossed over yesterday. Although I have not seen him for a year and a half, I find I am just a bit more than sad at his passing. He had this wonderful gift of being a child no matter his ...

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June 2, 2009

2009-06-02T19:25:00+00:00

I heard something on the radio that made me smile...partly because of the poignancy of the message and partly because of the importance. Only in Alaska, Canada and the northern tier of the United States would there be a need for such a message. The announcer was ...

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May 27, 2009

2009-05-27T21:21:00+00:00

I practice Tai Chi Chuan... that is no secret. It is now summer or feels like summer in Alaska. I decided to take my early morning practice outside. I decided since the yard here where I live is definately sloping, I thought I would go off to the nearest school and use ...

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