The General wears many hats. One is teaching English to athletes in Beijing. During the Olympics back in August, she casually mentioned she tutored a talented diver. He ended up winning a gold medal. (Oh OK, he’s that talented.) She meets once a week with fencers in the very western part of Beijing, near the BMX…
My Grandma, bless her heart, always had the messiest fridge. Part of the problem was that the light in the back had burned out years ago – and no one had the nerve to attempt replacing it. That would require emptying the fridge. It was packed tightly with nameless and unidentifiable morsels from meals gone…
On my final night in Tokyo, I caught another baseball game: Tokyo Swallows and the visiting Dragons. This time, I had company. Emily, a friend from Portland, happened to be in town. Turns out, too, that she LOVES baseball. So great serendipity all around for Japan! Here she is cheering on a HR. I spent more time…
