by jorahkai | Aug 19, 2020 | Asia, Blog, Blog1, Chongqing, China, Contributors, Jorah Kai
Wednesday, August 19 – Chongqing Floods Grow Daily Chongqing is flooding and reaching record levels as the Chinese government calls this a millennium flood year. Tourist site Hongyadong is closed and the Sheraton Hotel on Nanbin Lu has more than a foot over...
by jorahkai | Aug 18, 2020 | Asia, Blog, Blog2, Chongqing, China, Contributors, Jorah Kai
Tuesday, August 18 – Spark Joy or Die By Jorah Kai CHONGQING, CHINA Day 211. Another hot summer day engulfs us in the historic furnace of China, where 40 degrees Celsius is average, and it often gets to face-blistering temperatures in the mid-’40s. Lately...
by jorahkai | Aug 6, 2020 | Asia, Blog1, Chongqing, China, Contributors, Jorah Kai
Thursday, August 6 – Close the Schools, Save the Children By Jorah Kai CHONGQING, CHINA Day 199. Herman Cain is dead, long live Herman Cain. His life was large, but his death from COVID-19, coming on the heels of his mask denialism and tied up in the crowded...
by jorahkai | Jul 28, 2020 | Asia, Blog, Chongqing, China, Contributors, Jorah Kai
Tuesday, July 28 – Through the Bullshit, I Endure (A Meditation) By Jorah Kai CHONGQING, CHINA “Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca Day 184. The stoics knew one thing that all of us could and should be practicing...
by jorahkai | Jul 23, 2020 | Asia, Blog, Blog2, Chongqing, China, Contributors, Jorah Kai
Wednesday, July 22 – The Pandemic Chugs On and the Steep Fall of Large Men By Jorah Kai CHONGQING, CHINA I must be brief, as my time and focus are tight and stretched thin. The business of living is a full-time job. The torn ligaments on my ankle are slowly...
by jorahkai | Jul 9, 2020 | Asia, Blog, Blog2, Chongqing, China, Contributors, Jorah Kai
Wednesday, July 8 – Legacies and Momento Mori By Jorah Kai CHONGQING, CHINA Day 168. I am already dead. It is the end of my life, and I’m working backward. How old am I? Where am I? Was I rich or poor? Will anyone remember me? What mattered to me in my...