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More quickly than I ever could have expected, my week in LA has passed. Today I\u2019m off to China.<\/p>\n

Facebook<\/span> and\/or Twitter may be blocked there, but hopefully blogger and gmail<\/span> will be up and running, so feel free to comment and email away. I\u2019ll meet up with Jolie, a fellow participant in the program, this morning at LAX, which is great. Then in Shanghai we meet Liza right off the plane. We\u2019ve all noted being a bit nervous for the trip. Despite all three being well-seasoned travelers, Jolie having been to Asia several times now, we all feel a new and slightly odd sense of unease\u2026<\/p>\n

But we\u2019re also all shrugging it off, obviously, and marching onward.<\/p>\n

Okay, time to go! Looking forward to sharing more soon!!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>On the back deck of my sister\u2019s place.\n<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>Buddha\u2019s belly: My belly.\n

Somebody needs to write a haiku about less red wine and more time on the treadmill. Any volunteers?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>Bamboo and Buddha Head Fountain.\n<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>Metropolitan Water District of Los Angeles, where my former professor and boss is the Ethics Officer and my old friend is Ethics Educator.\n<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>Remember \u201cBig\u201d?<\/div>\n

Larger versions of these and more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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