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Adopting Vonne Mei--the blog

Thirty-two blog posts over several weeks, these posts are organized in their own separate blog, so click on the first in the series below (Test message) and you can navigate your way through the rest in order.  Total volume is several thousand words.  Multiple pix throughout.

  1. Test message: we are on our way
  2. Crossing into our tomorrow
  3. Arrived in Beijing ok
  4. First day in Beijing
  5. All is well . . .
  6. Recapping our first two days with our university hosts 
  7. Fan of humanity 
  8. Our third and fourth days in Beijing 
  9. Where the emperor stood 
  10. We have Vonne Mei Ling
  11. Getting to know her
  12. Vonne and Vonne Mei
  13. Tom and Vonne Mei
  14. Vonne Mei
  15. One man and a baby
  16. A walk in the mall
  17. Long day’s journey to Yongfeng
  18. A day to play catch-up
  19. On to the White Swan
  20. Vonne Mei on mat with toys
  21. A rainy day in Guangzhou town
  22. Vonne Mei: what are rainy days for?
  23. China Dossier: The end of days
  24. My brown-eyed girl
  25. Our swan song
  26. Leaving on a jet plane
  27. The eaglet has landed
  28. And then there were six . . .
  29. Twelve checked, while seven carried
  30. The Temple of Familial Bliss
  31. I know that face
  32. Theory of a Peacefully Rising China