China

Ziyan Zhou

A week ago I had fun with a friend I’ve known only since January—Ziyan Zhou, from Kaiping in southern China. She has given herself the American name Tracy because everyone can pronounce it easily. As she said, “It is familiar but not common, and the workers at Starbucks can say it when they can’t say … [Read more…]

Perspective

When Steve and I married in 1965, he was considered to be tall at six feet, one inch. Today that’s an ordinary height. Look at the heights of college basketball players, averaging 6′ 7″. When we first married, mushrooms were such a luxury that we could not afford them. Now we can get a can … [Read more…]