let it snow

Christmas in China can be a strange occasion. There’s no eggnog, turkey, or other customs Westerners would regard as traditionally yuletide-ish.

Dusk – Christmas Day in China

Dusk, Christmas Morning 2008, Shenzhen, China. I wish the wide-angle lens had been on my camera. To you, my friends, and your families, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. My 2009 see us all take the first step in a new journey.

dawn trees

A thicket, screening a city of 12 million (Shenzhen, China), at dawn.

winter dawn

Palm trees and ponds? No white Christmas in South China. That makes me a happy camper.

balls

Can students play better soccer than the Chinese Olympic soccer team?

prayers to the new

We listened as the Buddhist nuns at Guangxiao Si chanted, an afternoon ritual, surrounded by the sweet smelling smoke from countless sticks of incense.