By Date
- Thanksgiving 2025 – 2025-11-29
- Pickup Duties – 2025-11-14
- Shooting Day – 2025-11-09
- The Epic Road Trip – 2025-09-29
- Parade – 2025-09-04
- Beijing-Datong-Pingyao-Beijing Road Trip – 2025-08-28
- Birthday Week 2025 – 2025-08-10
- Green Card And Side Park Redux – 2025-07-24
- Covid Blues – 2025-07-20
- Terrible Twos – 2025-06-15
- Amanda at two – 2025-05-19
- Road to Topeka – 2025-05-12
- Accident – 2025-05-10
- Hot Dogs and Tacos – 2025-04-05
- Playgrounds – 2025-03-02
- Mr. Mom – 2025-01-26
- Amanda learns to sleep – 2025-01-13
- 59 – 2025-01-04
- Christmas 2024 – 2024-12-27
- Thankful 2024 – 2024-11-29
- Amanda Vibes – 2024-11-03
- Learning to drive – 2024-10-21
- Hot Water – 2024-10-09
- Best Laid Plans – 2024-10-05
- Coliseum Memories – 2024-10-01
- Didi Ride – 2024-09-21
- Scenes of summer – 2024-08-11
- Prologue - The Story of Mimi – 2024-07-22
- Car – 2024-05-26
- Annual checkup – 2024-05-05
- Trip to the past (and Tianjin) – 2024-04-05
- A Tweet for Amanda – 2024-03-23
- Middle Age Flight – 2024-02-18
- The great cat escape – 2024-02-07
- 58 – 2024-01-07
- Christmas 2023 – 2023-12-27
- Family visit to Xiangyang – 2023-11-03
- Road Trip – 2023-10-31
- Four years – 2023-10-15
- Family – 2023-09-24
- Baby Wellness – 2023-09-03
- 100 Days – 2023-08-27
- Memories of Jim – 2023-07-30
- Jimmy Talk – 2023-07-23
- The Run Remembers When – 2023-06-14
- Amanda's arrival – 2023-05-27
- Amanda Feeling – 2023-05-27
- Haagen-Dazs – 2023-05-07
- Waiting on Amanda – 2023-05-01
- Curiosity and Empathy – 2023-03-26
- We are having baby – 2023-03-05
- Moving – 2023-01-26
- Trip to Xiangyang and Covid – 2023-01-02
- Painting the closet – 2022-06-05
- Spring – 2022-04-24
- Wishy Washy – 2022-04-16
- Purgatory – 2021-12-05
- Basketball with Elisa – 2021-11-14
- Creative Type – 2021-10-31
- Fight Club Lessons – 2021-07-31
- Easter 2021 – 2021-04-05
- To Aidan on his 18th Birthday – 2021-02-20
- Daily Nuts – 2021-01-17
- Some notes – 2020-11-08
- September trip to Xiangyang – 2020-10-03
- Bohai Sea Trip – 2020-08-17
- Corgi Love – 2020-08-15
- Last of My Kind – 2020-07-26
- Dad's Bike Ride – 2020-07-05
- My High School Baseball Career – 2020-06-20
- Saturday rumblings – 2020-06-14
- Wildlife Park Revisited – 2020-04-12
- My High School Basketball Career – 2020-03-29
- Bikes – 2020-03-22
- Slime – 2020-03-15
- Pot Roast – 2020-03-08
- Moving Day – 2020-02-13
- Appreciation for Hubei – 2020-02-09
- The Forgiveness Myth – 2020-02-04
- Coronavirus staycation – 2020-01-28
- Christmas 2019 – 2019-12-25
- Mornings – 2019-12-01
- Emotions – 2019-11-23
- On my way to the market – 2019-11-10
- Grateful Trip – 2019-10-09
- Day Trip – 2019-10-04
- Voices in your head – 2019-07-28
- Bike for a Burger – 2019-07-18
- Father’s Day – 2019-06-27
- Offsites – 2019-06-23
- Trip to Xiangyang – 2019-06-16
- Anxiety – 2019-06-09
- So this happened – 2019-04-26
- Rambling Easter – 2019-04-21
- Sick or just jet lagged? – 2019-02-24
- A few days in Guam – 2019-01-27
- Two Frets – 2019-01-07
- Christmas 2018 – 2018-12-30
- Walking the dog walk oddity – 2018-12-16
- Kitchen Dream – 2018-09-10
- A dog – 2018-09-02
- Summer Vacation 2018 – 2018-08-17
- Dad Dream – 2018-07-17
- To Aidan, upon 9th grade graduation – 2018-07-10
- Easter 2018 – 2018-04-02
- Epilogue: Kids and Dad – 2018-03-03
- Dreams in 704 – 2018-02-20
- Christmas Spirit – 2017-12-31
- Jump – 2017-12-04
- Truth in their Heads – 2017-11-30
- About Lying – 2017-11-24
- Disney On Ice 2017 – 2017-11-19
- Social Context – 2017-11-19
- Happy Mess in Isolation – 2017-11-13
- Elisa Greets Trump – 2017-11-12
- Ode to Sanlitun – 2017-09-11
- Water Fight – 2017-08-25
- H20 – 2017-08-21
- Morning Joggers – 2017-08-19
- First in Class – 2017-08-17
- Girls Birthdays – 2017-08-06
- Memories Ingrained – 2017-06-26
- Father's Day 2017 – 2017-06-18
- Higher Road – 2017-05-21
- Basketball on Labor Day – 2017-05-01
- Gratitude and Spite – 2017-04-16
- Nest – 2017-04-04
- Cooking Dinner – 2017-03-05
- Pressed Shirts – 2017-02-24
- SO Parents – 2017-02-19
- 10 Years MS Crystal – 2017-01-15
- Haircut – 2017-01-14
- Christmas Gifts 2016 – 2016-12-26
- Uber, no Uber – 2016-12-04
- Moving Day – 2016-11-27
- Getting ready to move – 2016-11-15
- Shades of my parents – 2016-11-13
- Origins – 2016-10-20
- Summer Vacation 2016 – 2016-08-21
- Summer Vacation 2016 (parents view) – 2016-08-13
- July 4th, 2016 – 2016-07-06
- Times two – 2016-06-30
- Father's Day 2016 – 2016-06-18
- Fuzzy Brain – 2016-05-15
- Thoughts on Turning 50 (part 2) – 2016-05-08
- Sports Day 2016 – 2016-05-01
- Let's get Crazy – 2016-04-24
- Growth – 2016-04-18
- A thing or two about loss – 2016-04-13
- Speech Therapy – 2016-04-04
- A few days in Phuket – 2016-03-20
- View over Andaman – 2016-03-19
- Surpise party – 2016-02-17
- CNY 2016 – 2016-02-11
- Thoughts on turning 50 – 2016-01-09
- Christmas 2015 – 2015-12-26
- Ramblings of an expat – 2015-12-05
- Thanksgiving 2015 – 2015-11-28
- The Force – 2015-11-03
- First day of school – 2015-09-08
- Sunday Afternoon – 2015-09-04
- Four Days in Sanya – 2015-09-02
- Picture Perfect – 2015-08-25
- Monkey Island – 2015-08-14
- One Week, Two Birthdays – 2015-08-08
- Lydia's 11th Birthday Party – 2015-08-02
- Home from Work – 2015-07-25
- Pizza Party – 2015-07-18
- Fourth of July – 2015-07-05
- Tic Tac Toe – 2015-06-28
- Father's Day 2015 – 2015-06-21
- The Summer Time - By Lydia – 2015-03-29
- Crossing the Street – 2015-03-28
- Lagging – 2015-03-15
- Aidan at 12 – 2015-02-23
- Hummus – 2015-01-02
- Ground Zero – 2014-12-03
- South Grand – 2014-12-02
- 1989 Quake – 2014-11-23
- Day 1 - Arrival – 2014-11-16
- Heat – 2014-11-15
- Good night bear – 2014-10-26
- A game of 21 – 2014-10-07
- Dream a little dream – 2014-09-28
- Left then Right – 2014-09-09
- Mooncakes – 2014-09-07
- Hands – 2014-09-01
- Lydia at 10 – 2014-08-03
- Winnowing – 2014-07-20
- Story to tell – 2014-07-07
- CJ – 2014-07-05
- Getting to the other Shunyi – 2014-07-01
- Signs from Everest – 2014-05-24
- Meant to die – 2014-05-10
- Spring 2014 – 2014-05-03
- Middle age shakes – 2014-03-23
- Getting to the other side – 2014-03-09
- (Untitled) – 2014-03-02
- Tic Tac Toe – 2014-01-27
- Dusk – 2014-01-26
- Haircut – 2014-01-20
- Voice – 2014-01-06
- The connected heart – 2014-01-05
- The Jack Rabbit and the Bear – 2014-01-01
- Tear meets smile – 2013-11-22
- A trip with snow white – 2013-11-17
- Phantom Run – 2013-11-09
- Looking West – 2013-10-31
- My Mom’s Pot Roast – 2013-10-27
- The Moment – 2013-10-12
- Sketcher – 2013-10-08
- Flat Tire – 2013-08-29
- Ankle Bracelet – 2013-07-28
- Biking in the rain – 2013-07-14
- July 5th – 2013-07-07
- Have a clear mind and a soft heart – 2013-06-04
- Run – 2013-06-03
- Day 2 of 10 – 2013-06-02
- (Untitled) – 2013-05-26
- A bit of a vet – 2013-05-12
- Softening – 2013-05-01
- Ready to Race – 2013-04-26
- Old Apartment – 2013-04-23
- Laugh – 2013-04-19
- Lost Seoul – 2013-04-06
- Irish Stew – 2013-03-17
- Board Break – 2013-03-04
- IKEA New Year – 2013-02-24
- Midlife Lottery – 2013-02-11
- ATM Card, Where Art Thou – 2013-02-04
- Bus Ride – 2013-01-26
- SMOG – 2013-01-20
- Dark enough to see the light – 2013-01-09
- 47 – 2013-01-05
- Audio Tour – 2013-01-04
- Patterns – 2013-01-01
- Rituals – 2012-12-27
- Cold Christmas Eve – 2012-12-24
- Cup of Coffee – 2012-12-23
- Laowai Haven – 2012-12-16
- Shivering – 2012-12-02
- Your Mom, Part 2 – 2012-11-25
- Thanksgiving, 2012 – 2012-11-23
- Bike Seat – 2012-11-17
- Get Out The Vote – 2012-11-06
- Giants Cheer – 2012-11-05
- RIP Mama Allio – 2012-10-18
- Your Grandmother last hours – 2012-10-13
- Nothing – 2012-10-02
- School Stress – 2012-09-11
- Hapless in Beijing – 2012-08-12
- Your Mom, Part I – 2012-08-11
- Elisa Anne Allio – 2012-08-06
- Faith – 2012-08-04
- Relax – 2012-07-14
- Embarcadero – 2012-07-07
- The Cultural Differences of Children – 2012-06-27
- Drilling – 2012-06-24
- Father’s Day 2012 – 2012-06-17
- China Moment Rock Climb – 2012-06-07
- Miracle of Flight Delay – 2012-05-25
- Catie – 2012-05-14
- Two Wheels – 2012-05-02
- A moment in time – 2012-04-23
- Spring – 2012-04-08
- Weird Expat – 2012-04-03
- Enforcement – 2012-04-01
- On Being Nice – 2012-03-17
- Bullies – 2012-03-10
- The Tree Salad – 2012-03-03
- Nap Time – 2012-02-27
- CBA Playoffs with Aidan – 2012-02-24
- Aidan at Nine – 2012-02-20
- Visa Run – 2012-02-14
- Elisa–Yellow – 2012-02-05
- Window Seat – 2012-01-29
- Yellow – 2012-01-26
- VIP – 2012-01-12
- Birthday Greetings – 2012-01-09
- Elisa and Bieber – 2012-01-08
- Saigon – 2012-01-06
- Awakening to Money – 2011-12-21
- Hoi An & Hue – 2011-12-20
- Boo – 2011-12-10
- Thanksgiving – 2011-12-05
- Birthday Weekend – 2011-12-02
- Close – 2011-11-17
- Chengdu Trip – 2011-11-16
- Show One – 2011-11-06
- Checkup – 2011-11-04
- Ayi Shuffle – 2011-10-26
- Hike – 2011-10-20
- Run – 2011-10-15
- Casting Call – 2011-09-24
- Merge – 2011-09-19
- Driver – 2011-09-14
- 9/11 Plus 10 – 2011-09-12
- Crash – 2011-08-30
- Fire Them All – 2011-08-26
- Anniversary Weekend – 2011-08-17
- Summer Heat – 2011-08-10
- Elisa At Three – 2011-08-07
- Lydia at Seven – 2011-08-02
- Night Visitor – 2011-08-01
- Elevators – 2011-07-29
- TCM Test – 2011-07-23
- Home Alone – 2011-07-19
- On to Summer – 2011-07-12
- Final Exams – 2011-07-07
- Fight – 2011-06-29
- Getting to Know Elisa – 2011-06-28
- Father’s Day – 2011-06-19
- Concert Night – 2011-06-14
- Animal Dreams – 2011-06-07
- Feedback – 2011-05-29
- Hey! – 2011-05-14
- Bike for Your Right – 2011-05-10
- Game, Set, Match – 2011-05-03
- Separation Delayed – 2011-03-24
- Yang’s Date with the Eagles – 2011-03-13
- In a name – 2011-03-06
- Aidan At 8 – 2011-02-25
- The Perfect Imperfect Vacation – 2011-02-22
- Eviction–part One – 2011-02-18
- Chicken – 2011-02-07
- Getting the Point Across – 2011-01-30
- Banking – 2011-01-26
- Coordination – 2011-01-22
- Ski Trip – 2011-01-19
- Mismatched Expectation – 2011-01-14
- Time for Sleep – 2011-01-08
- Astrology – 2011-01-02
- Yo-Yo King – 2010-12-28
- in Search of the Leaping Tiger – 2010-12-22
- Soft landing – 2010-12-21
- Unstructured time – 2010-12-16
- Candy and cake – 2010-12-05
- Stranded on a Desert Island – 2010-11-11
- Communication – 2010-10-23
- Friend Making – 2010-10-17
- Qingdao revisited – 2010-10-06
- Dinner Party – 2010-10-05
- October Break – 2010-09-30
- Of TVs, Tents, and Butterflies – 2010-09-05
- Hi Baby – 2010-08-26
- Moods – 2010-08-14
- Birthdays 3x – 2010-08-09
- Vacation Start – 2010-07-24
- Little Brown Building – 2010-07-19
- Summer Camp – 2010-07-15
- Flipped flopped – 2010-07-13
- Stating her case – 2010-07-11
- Sunday Morning Coming Down – 2010-06-20
- Walking East – 2010-06-15
- Tong – 2010-05-23
- Close – 2010-04-25
- Yellow Lab – 2010-04-20
- Lydia’s eye – 2010-04-18
- A Tuesday – 2010-04-11
- Test – 2010-04-06
- Five years in – 2010-04-05
- Vegan – 2010-04-04
- Victory over Spring – 2010-04-03
- MJ – 2010-03-28
- smoking jacket – 2010-03-15
- Coat and Goggles – 2010-03-13
- Quick run to the market – 2010-03-09
- Feb 20 – 2010-02-28
- Never missed it – 2010-02-18
- Ice Cream Cake – 2010-02-15
- Snowball fight – 2010-02-07
- Waiting on green – 2010-02-01
- Elisa sitting duties – 2010-01-25
- Final Exam – 2010-01-20
- 24 hours or bust – 2010-01-05
- Recital – 2009-12-20
- Picture books – 2009-12-19
- frozen – 2009-12-17
- Bedtime – 2009-12-14
- Charity – 2009-12-06
- Great Weekend – 2009-11-29
- Shitty Weekend – 2009-11-29
- Wake up call – 2009-11-22
- Winding down and Catching up – 2009-11-15
- Smart and Strong – 2009-10-21
- Visitor – 2009-10-12
- Lai Ba – 2009-10-06
- Chestnut Season – 2009-09-27
- Stress – 2009-09-20
- The road I’ve travelled – 2009-09-11
- Almost human – 2009-09-02
- Habits – 2009-09-01
- Dream a little Dream – 2009-08-31
- It’s a small world – 2009-08-24
- Eight – 2009-08-18
- Elisa is one – 2009-08-18
- Birthday Girl – 2009-08-02
- Elisa Walking – 2009-07-30
- Not Last – 2009-07-25
- Graduation – 2009-07-19
- A Cop’s Wedding – 2009-07-13
- Cookies for a Frog – 2009-07-01
- Fencing – 2009-06-22
- Something’s happened to Lydia – 2009-06-18
- China Moments – 2009-06-15
- Grounded – 2009-06-06
- Bullies – 2009-05-03
- Waiting to Cook – 2009-04-19
- Peace – 2009-04-07
- Winter Ends – 2009-04-06
- Healthy Eating? – 2009-04-04
- Chinese Lessons Part II – 2009-03-22
- Chinese Lessons Part I – 2009-03-18
- Freedom – 2009-03-14
- Little shoppers – 2009-03-07
- Popcorn – 2009-01-27
- Unmet expectations – 2009-01-24
- Cold and bent – 2009-01-22
- Expectations – 2009-01-17
- In honor – 2009-01-06
- Showtime! – 2008-12-29
- The simplest thing – 2008-12-28
- Santa Calling – 2008-12-25
- Apple Trees – 2008-12-22
- Peking Opera – 2008-12-20
- Sanity – 2008-12-11
- The Road to Ensenada – 2008-11-23
- 100 Days – 2008-11-20
- Light and Dark – 2008-11-16
- Athletic Excellence – 2008-11-10
- Be less cynical – 2008-11-09
- Expat bling – 2008-11-06
- Lifeline – 2008-11-02
- Progress – 2008-10-20
- The first Allio 5 vacation – 2008-10-19
- How far can goldfish swim – 2008-09-27
- Going Soy – 2008-09-21
- Match point – 2008-09-16
- We all scream for Ice Cream – 2008-09-15
- Never is a promise... – 2008-09-11
- One Month – 2008-09-08
- Olympic Memories – 2008-09-06
- Lost and Found – 2008-08-30
- Cup of Coffee – 2008-08-29
- A Good Worker – 2008-08-18
- The Main Event – 2008-08-15
- What's in a name – 2008-08-10
- Blogging the Baby - Part II – 2008-08-07
- Blogging the Baby – 2008-08-06
- A birthday cut – 2008-08-03
- Of Fuwas and Machine Guns – 2008-07-29
- Business Class – 2008-07-27
- Five – 2008-07-26
- Nesting – 2008-07-21
- Northern Passage – 2008-07-19
- Olympic preparation – 2008-07-13
- Swim – 2008-06-24
- Morning – 2008-06-21
- Pre-baby picture – 2008-06-16
- Broken – 2008-06-12
- New School – 2008-06-10
- Patience – 2008-06-08
- Children's Day – 2008-06-01
- 17 Years – 2008-05-29
- Aftershocks – 2008-05-27
- Muse – 2008-05-26
- Quake – 2008-05-25
- Exposed – 2008-05-15
- Taxi! – 2008-05-13
- a foreign land – 2008-05-11
- The Move Part Two – 2008-05-10
- The Move Part One – 2008-05-04
- Rated B – 2008-05-01
- Blunt – 2008-04-21
- Play...Ball – 2008-03-15
- Home is where... – 2008-03-02
- Home – 2008-02-25
- An Eve for the New Year – 2008-02-09
- Two - Fight or Flight – 2008-02-02
- Cold as Cold is – 2008-01-29
- Who's your daddy – 2008-01-24
- One - Leaving on a Jet Plane – 2008-01-21
- Human – 2008-01-19
- Shoes – 2008-01-09
- All I want for my birthday is a MRI. – 2008-01-06
- To the West – 2007-12-30
- Pain – 2007-12-27
- Christmas in Beijing - Part I – 2007-12-25
- Christmas in Beijing - Part II – 2007-12-25
- Today is the day – 2007-12-17
- Baseball – 2007-12-15
- Winter – 2007-12-13
- Fight! – 2007-12-08
- The Lady with the Chisel – 2007-12-02
- Thanksgiving and then some – 2007-11-27
- As the moon is to the man – 2007-11-18
- A phone call away – 2007-11-11
- Halloween Beijing Style – 2007-10-31
- Run till you drop – 2007-10-22
- Job Change – 2007-10-16
- Toy Competencies – 2007-10-09
- Facet – 2007-10-08
- A flag costing one kuai – 2007-10-06
- A Moral Standard – 2007-10-04
- Jia (驾) – 2007-10-03
- Confession – 2007-07-29
- Liftoff – 2007-07-13
- Hope – 2007-07-08
- Broke – 2007-06-28
- Dance – 2007-02-04
- Phone Call – 2007-01-29
- Small Crimes Part II – 2006-12-26
- Small Crimes – 2006-12-21
- Tuesdays – 2006-12-11
- Family Time – 2006-11-11
- Hate – 2006-11-07
- Love for Son – 2006-09-21
- Outside Looking in – 2006-09-06
- Lines – 2006-09-04
- A drive – 2006-08-31
- Spring and Fall – 2006-08-29
- Connected – 2006-08-22
- Wish upon a star – 2006-08-20
- The Mom – 2006-08-15
- Planes – 2006-08-02
- Know – 2006-07-26
- Just Dance – 2006-07-05
- What's in a name – 2006-06-29
- Fashion Tips for Men – 2006-06-27
- Vision – 2006-06-25
- A Mother's Day letter – 2006-06-18
- World Cup Part II – 2006-06-17
- World Cup – 2006-06-15
- A Good Apple – 2006-06-11
- Taxi Ride – 2006-06-04
- A Death in the Ex-Family – 2006-05-23
- Bar Game – 2006-05-19
- Fate or fate? – 2006-05-17
- Match – 2006-05-15
- Thai Traveling (Part II) – 2006-05-08
- Thai Traveling (Part I) – 2006-05-07
- Moving – 2006-04-26
- I'll remember this – 2006-04-24
- The power of music – 2006-04-22
- Feeling my age – 2006-04-21