Spare time, and what to do with old wool sweaters

Did anyone say that we have to blog about things we actually do? No? Good, so I can blog about things I might like to do someday. And I can embellish the post with semi-relevant links that you can waste your time following. After all, I have wasted quite a bit of time finding and linking them…

Book review: Dream of Ding Village by Yan Lianke

This is a book I didn’t know anything about when I picked it up at the library – it is worth reading. I’ve since learned that the author is one of China’s best and boldest novelists. I’ll have to look for some of his other books. The basic story is about village where many are dying…