I spun around and made a beeline straight for the blue man. My excitement bubbled up as I neared him and envisioned the stream of likes I’d get if I managed to snap a picture with him, right here,...
Caring, benevolence and philanthropy have in some ways taken a back seat during this era of epidemic. But there are those who won’t quit, people who care about saving lives other than their own. Time to find out how...
Ever heard that Nanjing is commonly known as one of the “three furnaces” of China?
听说过南京被称为中国的“三炉”之一吗？
Ever heard others say, “No, China has five furnaces; not just Nanjing, Wuhan and Chongqing, but also Xi’an and Changsha”. Still there are others who...
World Capitals (WC). The thought of them, all of them, brings a tear to my eye. There are several cities that I would give more than an eye to see, it is true. Foreign metropole, glittering with nostalgia and...
Liya followed her father nervously down the corridor. Six guards marched awkwardly behind her.
Liya紧跟着她父亲紧张地走在走廊上。 六名警卫在她身后笨拙地行进。
“Daddy, I … I’m not allowed down here”, she said, half peering with curiosity, half trying to avert her eyes which she imagined might keep...
Listen closely to the vocabulary employed in everyday use by many a Nanjinger and you would be forgiven for imagining a preoccupation with Dante’s vision of the afterlife.
仔细聆听许多南京人在日常生活中使用的词汇，你会被原谅想象对但丁对来世的愿景的痴迷。
I’m starving to death! I’m dying of thirst! I’m freezing to death!
我快饿死了！...
Listening to a podcast with some of my kids this week, I paused when their eyes went glassy and asked them, “Do you understand?” They made that vague sound of wanting to say yes but having to admit that,...
There was once a princess locked away in a tall tower. Kept away from all who might claim her beauty, covet her loveliness, take her virtue. And then one day there was a prince, fair and tall and from...
