8 May 2016 Sunday Hangzhou, China

8 May 2016  Sunday  HANGZHOU Today was the day for my presentation of 160 or so slides that have been the focus of my life for these past many months, as I have been exploring the vagaries of Photoshop and learning what is possible when photos are muddy and faded and...

7 May 2016 Saturday Hangzhou, China

7 May 2016 Friday Hangzhou The rain came. I looked out after pre-dawn computer grind, and everything was a soft glowing wet gray-green, the reflecting pool glimmering and agitated, the tree trunks etched black with the wetness against the lacy greenery of the oaks,...

6 May 2016 Friday Hangzhou, China

6 May 2016 Friday   Hangzhou, China So it did not rain after all. All day, beautiful and sunny and not that hot as far as I was concerned. I was inside in this perfectly controlled manmade climate of beautiful space and high ceilings. Coming down in the early morning ...

5 May 2016 Thursday Hangzhou, China

5 May 2016 Thursday    Hangzhou, China An interesting day. I was up early and working and then hungry by seven, but nothing was open except a convenience store. I wanted an apple, but all that was available were nori-wrapped rice rolls filled with some kind of...

4 May 2016 Wednesday Shanghai, China

4 May 2016  Wednesday  12:35 am   Shanghai, China But it is really Wednesday, Or maybe it’s not. Maybe it’s Monday-Tuesday – since I lost a day coming here from Ashland – ii’s all a blur. The flight was fine; the food was terrible. the...