Monthly Archives: January 2018

China 2017

debs/ January 27, 2018

Given the assertion that being in Toronto is the gift-wrap to the gift that is my trip to Hong Kong, it must follow that Hong Kong is the gift wrapping to … two China mini-trips??

These were also trips about being with the people we went with rather than where we went so, again, I will spare you from the interpersonal details. But in this case, where we went inspired some serious inquisition on what I consider reality.

So bring your Tempo tissues and come along!

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Hong Kong 2017

debs/ January 11, 2018

I haven’t gotten around to finishing even half of my Europe 2017 retroactive posts, and here I am with another trip in my past to mull over. Yet gratitude is a common theme in my life, and I never want to squander this blessing by failing to recognizing it.

So, I understand that Time is writing history faster than we can record it, but why my life is happening faster than my mind can reflect on it is surely not Time’s fault.  My life can hardly be considered fast-paced– and trust me I have an inkling of what fast-paced really is after visiting Hong Kong.

…And with that wonderful segue, I’ll elaborate on my Hong Kong and China trip for a bit before resuming with Europe/Scandinavia posts. (How do people deal with reflection backlog anyway??)

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