Posted in Curiosity, Medicine on Sep 25th, 2007 1 Comment »
I don’t get it.
Mercer Street down by the south end of Lake Union is a ruffian of potholes, bumps and disgravity. It has been that way for as long as I can remember, and I can remember at least 20 years of driving that stretch of road.
Imagine my surprise to see Mercer Street with it’s [...]
Posted in Language on Sep 14th, 2007 No Comments »
To the ear that has not learned to pull meaning out of the staccato of short syllables accented with tone, Chinese sounds like a rusty machine gun.
But, for those who can pull meaning from the slurry of sound, it sounds like this poem from my friend Jiang, who lives in Yangshou.
In our hearts we like [...]
Posted in China, Medicine, Travel on Sep 5th, 2007 No Comments »
This seems to be a habit, Autumn in China.
It is not that it has the explosions of deciduous color, nor does the sky there turn an impossible crisp blue. But, the summer swelter has evaporated, and the oppression of triple digit humidity has receded as well. This year it is not some odd migratory sense [...]