October 2015 – Den's Blog

It has begun

October 31, 2015 by Den Hoopingarner Leave a Comment

Central heating officially turns on tomorrow. Today the furnaces are “initiating,” i.e., belching coal dust into the air. Last year on this date, the AQI was off the scale at over 500. It’s already at 185 at 7:00am. Happy Halloween!

Imaginative spelling

October 29, 2015 by Den Hoopingarner Leave a Comment

So whose food am I supposed to eat?

October 28, 2015 by Den Hoopingarner Leave a Comment

Yeah, I’m not eating there.

October 28, 2015 by Den Hoopingarner Leave a Comment

Wanna buy some clams?

October 26, 2015 by Den Hoopingarner Leave a Comment

Yeah, me neither.

Clam truck in Dandong ä¸¹æ±.

Well, duh!

October 25, 2015 by Den Hoopingarner Leave a Comment

At the breakfast buffet this morning:

Who’d a thought nuts would contain nuts?!

Night scenery in North Korea

October 25, 2015 by Den Hoopingarner 1 Comment

I took this picture standing on the Chinese side of the Yalu River, looking across to North Korea. If you zoom in, you can see a few lights. Other than that, there’s a lot of darkness over there.