Video Blog: My Favorite Poet, Li Po
When I began traveling to China, I read as many books about the country and its people as I could get my hands on, so I always took along...
RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge
If you've read either the hard copy, Kindle or Nook version of "No Problem, Mr. Walt" you might have noticed that I dedicated the book to...
Visiting the Birthplace of Communism
During one of many visits I took to Shanghai, I thought it might be interesting to see where Communism in China was established. As I was...
When in Shanghai, Go Shopping in The Bund
In my previous post titled “Kuan Yin, the Goddess of Mercy” I mentioned that on my many trips to Shanghai, I often went wandering in and...
Shopping in Shanghai
Not far from the Hengshan Hotel where I always stayed when I was in Shanghai was Nanjing Road (Nanking in English). This well-known...
Thank you Publish Authority for helping make the 'book within me' a reality!
In my first blog post I mention the journals I took with me on my trips to China to record much of what I saw and experienced during the...
Why a Tiger?
When I wrote the specifications for the Mei Wen Ti, I didn’t ask the shipyard to include any carving or artwork on the hull much less a...
