I love life here (Leah less). We live very near the school for faculty members’ kids, a seven-story building teaching four to nineteen year olds. The older kids practice their military-style exercises on the track that becomes Leah’s playground in the evening and the square dancers’ stage at night (see photo). The map at the entrance of the school has China at its center. In the photo of the map below, you can see that a neighbor chose a public spot to dry her chili peppers. I see all kinds of things drying in unexpected public places – clothes, bedsheets, shoes, orange peels, flowers etc. In addition to having housing and schooling for faculty members and their families, Chinese universities have canteens where students and some faculty eat (see group photo in front of our local canteen).