Tod Baker
father, husband, teacher
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Gabo learns to swim
During a break in his swimming lesson, Gabo checks his floaty. He's learning the frog stroke now and progressing well. We hope to continue the lessons all year long but suspect we'll decide to stop...
September, 1 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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China’s Construction Habit
The quickly built but cheaply made buildings in Beijing will not literally fall down, but will deteriorate. Wall paint will peel and elevators won’t work. Buildings will become uncomfortable because they will not have been properly maintained. That’s when people will start to realize they’ve paid a lot of money to buy a place in the Central Business District and they’ve paid management charges, but nothing works and everything looks really poor. But the developers will probably be long gone by then, so I’m not sure...
May, 28 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Orange Sky in Tianjin
Woke up this morning and saw through the window a strange yellow hue in the sky. I thought it was the sun trying to pierce through the morning smog. When I opened the door to let Sasha out it pushed...
March, 20 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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She loved to poke her nose into the snow!
Sasha and I played outside in the snow this afternoon. She loved to poke her nose into the snow! This might be the heaviest snowfall we've had in more than a decade. It's been snowing for about 10 hours...
January, 3 2010 • 1 Comment • 0 Faves
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One Minute of My Ride
via vimeo.com At the end of the day I walk out of the school building to the front street that is forever under construction and buckle up in the shotgun seat of the first available taxi. Then I turn on my favorite podcast or music and try to enjoy the 10-minute ride home. The traffic, both pedestrian and vehicle, seems to be completely without laws and concepts like right of way. At least that's how it appears to my American eyes when some overloaded cargo trucks roll through red lights and bicyclists and cars...
September, 23 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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