These three weeks in Beijing have left me feeling like I’m “surfing the future”! It’s like riding a great big wave of energy, desire, awareness,and optimism all cresting towards an unseeable shore!!!
Last night we were privileged to be included in an ex-pat Thanksgiving dinner at the home of the lovely Ching, born American Chinese and [...]

Did I mention the word “Icebox”?! The wind here hails from the steeps of Siberia, with nothing to block it before it hits Beijing but the Gobi desert, where it just gathers up speed! So though yesterdays temperature was a high of 27 degrees, the 20 mph f-r-e-e-z-i-n-g winds brought the temp [...]

This is our third trip here to source jewelry, where the focus is on gem stones: Aquamarine, amythest, carnelian, peridot and more.