BEIJING RECOLLECTIONS
January 1st 2007
Like the muted memories of a honeymoon, our Beijing experiences reverberate through my mind in a jumble of sounds, sights, stories, and reflections. Dry from the winds blowing off the Gobi desert, Beijing is deceptively cold. The countryside seems foreign to a Michiganian accustomed to seeing snow without ice frozen waterways. Here, all water is frozen yet the ground is brown and dry. I’m
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