I am home now. Linda and Michael picked me up at the Wash D.C. airport on Friday June 10th. I had two days that day. I left at 11:00 am and arrived at 11:00 am the same day. Now that was a little strange. Customs went well but getting my baggage was more difficult. One [...]
Archive for June, 2011
North Tazewell, Virginia
Posted in Uncategorized on June 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tokyo, Japan
Posted in Uncategorized on June 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My first earthquake. For about 30 seconds my hotel room on the 11th floor was swaying back and forth. It was like, What do you do, Panic, wait and see if it gets better. I turned off my computer as the battery was low and went out in the hall where a lady was also [...]
One More Day Before Departure
Posted in Uncategorized on June 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Today was a relaxed but busy day. I worked on my Power Point this morning and then worked on a couple of art projects. I ate lunch in my room: a strawberry jelly sandwich, an apple, and some Pringles. John my interpreter came by around 1:00 and we went over my lecture. The lecture to [...]
Happy Birthday from China!
Posted in Uncategorized on June 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Happy Birthday in China! Yesterday I celebrated my 55th birthday in China. I would never have dreamed I would celebrate it here. I have been gone the last two days on a trip to Shanghai. Sunday I took the 8:00 am fast train taking about 1 ½ hours and Lynn said it used to take [...]
Nanjing Memorial and French Resturant
Posted in Uncategorized on June 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This morning I had trouble logging into my Bluefield email account so I tried the Yahoo email account and I had trouble with that also. It was strange it seemed everything else was working just fine. Later in the day the Yahoo miraculously opened long enough for me to send out an email to Linda. [...]
Good Morning!
Posted in Uncategorized on June 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Today I did a ceramic lecture at the Nanjing Arts Institute that is an art school across from where I am staying. My lecture was to the ceramic students there and I showed them images of my ceramic work from undergraduate school to present. Afterwards we went down to the studio and I made a [...]
June 2, 2011
Posted in Uncategorized on June 2, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday was another busy day. I spent the morning working on a Power Point presentation I have to give next Tuesday to the art students here on campus. Then I worked a little on some art pieces I have started. When I went to buy some art supplies earlier this week I bought 7 paper [...]
Another Busy Day in China
Posted in Uncategorized on June 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today was a busy day. In the morning I decided to go visit the painting studios in the art building because I knew they were in the middle of classes. One student who I had met before took me on a tour and introduced me to some art teachers and the students. It was quite [...]
