Beijing in the Time of SARS
Another glorious, sunshine-y day in the Adirondacks. A dusting of snow last night has filled in the areas where old snow melted. And now the sky is blue and the snow-covered world is a million sparkling diamonds. Life's busy on the Margaux Project. Soliciting new rental properties and working on the third issue of the newsletter (Subscribe here!). Actually the first for 2004, but the third since we began. One last story for you to read (if you haven't already) from the first e-Marginalia online journal is Charlie's reflection, "Beijing in the Time of SARS", a story as thoughtful as it is perceptive. Check it out:
After paying taxes and looking after other general housekeeping in the States, I returned to China at the end of the first week of April, just as SARS seemed to arrive in Beijing. As we now know, the disease had actually been here for months...