I came home to this the other day. That’s a full-blown bonfire on the floor of the place next door to us, which has been under construction for the entire time we’ve been here. They were burning the wood that they used for that floor. Being from a wildfire-prone state in the USA, my sense…
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The Little Red Couch of Absurdity
Location: Volcano Huts, Near Thórsmörk, Iceland What’s a stunning, wild natural landscapes without a little bit of brocade?
Does it snow in Shanghai?
It does, actually. Even though I could have been tempted to say, ‘When Shanghai freezes over,’ as a turn of phrase this summer…that day is here. It’s the coldest it’s been in 35 years. I would never have believed how cold it is here. Colder than Patagonia. Colder than Colorado. If only because the buildings…
Chinese Fire Drill
In the USA, we sometimes play a game called ‘Chinese Fire Drill’ at stoplights. You get out of the car and run around the outside, switching seats as fast as possible. Today, I got to experience a real life Chinese Fire Drill. White smoke billowed past our teacher’s room window. I had been told that…
Power Station O Fart
It’s not actually called that, but the lack of spaces in the title of the museum on the Huangpu makes it seem as if it might be. The Shanghai Power Station of Art is a strange place. We arrived in the late afternoon on a chilly November day, and after refusing to leave my bag…
