Fourth Dispatch 4.2.14

Hello dear readers,

Unfortunately this dispatch must begin on a grim note. There has been an accident here, or rather I should say I have had an accident. An incident has occurred in which I accidentally hit something on my electric trike. It was a small, spotted…

Third Dispatch 25.3.14

I sit in the tea room of our apartment. Surrounding me are small potted plants, hanging from the ceiling. They tend to spin wildly when the rare breeze visits our basin-sited city, their leaves catching the smog-weakened sun and casting the room in a pale green light. It’s nothing like…

First Dispatch 25.2.14

So. Here I am. 6 days in. Thinking back to being in Brisbane 7 days ago is stranger than the normalities of life here now. And normal life is, in the ways of Xuzhou, Jiangsu.

So I could start from the beginning, chronicle a flight, a trip through a few lines of…

Second Dispatch 19.3.14

So, two weeks incommunicado. I assure you I am still alive, but come hell, high water, exhausting days exploring strange new cities, or catatonic sleeper train rides, I will resume weekly dispatches.

Fifth Dispatch 18.4.14

Hello all,

It’s been closer to two weeks than one. This is because there was a change to my schedule this week. It’s been normal to have experiences during the week that I then compile and drizzle with word stew on my days off. I hadn’t had those experiences this…