Monthly Archives: February 2013

I will Survive…after a Fashion – – Xin Nian Kuai Le

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

Happy Year of the snake!  Xin Nian Kuai Le (pronounced Shin Neeyen Kwai La) The New Year is officially underway as the fifteenth (our 24th) passed on Sunday. For a description of the lunar calendar, see the previous post.  Good … Continue reading →

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Knock Knock…Who is there?

Posted on February 20, 2013 by

An entire goat arrived today by post. It is a little strange, but stranger still is that it arrived from Western China over the New Year celebration. Everything stops dead here during this holiday season.  Web sites say they will … Continue reading →

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Don’t Take that Tone with Me, and the Sight of One Hand Counting

Posted on February 3, 2013 by

I have chopped off a part of my left index finger with a hand scythe splitting kindling for the wood burning stove. Ouch! is all I can say. No guitar for a while or a lot of other things. I … Continue reading →

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