Comments on: The CPS http://viewfromtheteahouse.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/the-cps/ the view from the teahouse - chengdu, sichuan, people's republic of china Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:55:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: John and Retta http://viewfromtheteahouse.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/the-cps/#comment-255 John and Retta Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:32:56 +0000 http://viewfromtheteahouse.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-255 Lara, You and Paul's CPS scale is brilliant and saves negative energy for body warming. No pollution here! Your family tales are so interesting. Now you are continuing the adventure and with your writing gift, no doubt a few books are in your future. If love can warm, you two can count on ours. Lara,
You and Paul’s CPS scale is brilliant and saves negative energy for body warming. No pollution here! Your family tales are so interesting. Now you are continuing the adventure and with your writing gift, no doubt a few books are in your future. If love can warm, you two can count on ours.

]]> By: Sean http://viewfromtheteahouse.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/the-cps/#comment-254 Sean Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:03:10 +0000 http://viewfromtheteahouse.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-254 May the sun pour its grand self into your apartment and bodies immediately. The only coldness I'm feeling these days is from the lack of Lara hugs. I hope you're still working out cuz I'm gonna squeeze you so tight when you get back, it'll take a nation of million to stop me. love love love, beautiful lady L May the sun pour its grand self into your apartment and bodies immediately. The only coldness I’m feeling these days is from the lack of Lara hugs. I hope you’re still working out cuz I’m gonna squeeze you so tight when you get back, it’ll take a nation of million to stop me.
love love love, beautiful lady L

]]> By: Carla http://viewfromtheteahouse.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/the-cps/#comment-253 Carla Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:18:52 +0000 http://viewfromtheteahouse.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-253 Oh, Lara -- a bad day for you would be a complete melt-down f**king disaster for any of the rest of us. I haven't had a time like your cold times in China since I went to Boston for grad school and kept falling on the ice. It sounds like complete *hell* - except frozen, of course. This might not be the time to ask....but I'm thinking of applying for the ELF and would love your insights. Don't laugh too loud...I'm going to be pretty specific as to Eastern Europe, because otherwise Portland is too wonderful to leave. Hints on the application process? People to ask for recs? I'd love to hear it all. Hugs and love from Puddletown -- you probably don't want to hear about the crocuses, the daffodils, the buds on my lilac tree. Miss you heaps. Carlita Oh, Lara — a bad day for you would be a complete melt-down f**king disaster for any of the rest of us. I haven’t had a time like your cold times in China since I went to Boston for grad school and kept falling on the ice. It sounds like complete *hell* – except frozen, of course.

This might not be the time to ask….but I’m thinking of applying for the ELF and would love your insights. Don’t laugh too loud…I’m going to be pretty specific as to Eastern Europe, because otherwise Portland is too wonderful to leave. Hints on the application process? People to ask for recs? I’d love to hear it all.

Hugs and love from Puddletown — you probably don’t want to hear about the crocuses, the daffodils, the buds on my lilac tree. Miss you heaps.

Carlita

]]> By: Elaine http://viewfromtheteahouse.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/the-cps/#comment-252 Elaine Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:39:11 +0000 http://viewfromtheteahouse.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-252 Hi Lara, I've always been a warm-blooded person so I haven't experienced how uncomfortable, even painful, being cold could be until this year when my personal thermostat seems to have become stuck on "cold." However, I have the luxury, as you pointed out, to turn the heat up, put on extra "dry" clothes, get under tons of blankets, etc. I can't begin to imagine how desolate it would feel not even to have dry clothes to put on! I think your parents sitting on a glacier in New Zealand were much warmer than you and Paul were in your apartment. I applaud your stamina! You both must be extremely healthy not to have come down with pneumonia especially after just coming back from such a warm climate. Like your parents, I have always had a lust for travel I have traveled some but, when it would have been the most convenient, in my 30's, I traded it for a teaching degree and beginning a new career and all that it entailed. Let's hope Spring is just around the corner in China as well as in Chicago! LOVE & BIG HUGS! been stuck on "cold." Hi Lara,

I’ve always been a warm-blooded person so I haven’t experienced how uncomfortable, even painful, being cold could be until this year when my personal thermostat seems to have become stuck on “cold.” However, I have the luxury, as
you pointed out, to turn the heat up, put on extra “dry” clothes, get under tons of
blankets, etc. I can’t begin to imagine how desolate it would feel not even to have
dry clothes to put on! I think your parents sitting on a glacier in New Zealand were
much warmer than you and Paul were in your apartment. I applaud your stamina!
You both must be extremely healthy not to have come down with pneumonia especially after just coming back from such a warm climate.

Like your parents, I have always had a lust for travel I have traveled some but, when
it would have been the most convenient, in my 30’s, I traded it for a teaching
degree and beginning a new career and all that it entailed.

Let’s hope Spring is just around the corner in China as well as in Chicago!

LOVE & BIG HUGS!

been stuck on “cold.”

]]> By: Kimberly http://viewfromtheteahouse.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/the-cps/#comment-251 Kimberly Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:01:21 +0000 http://viewfromtheteahouse.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-251 Wow- I think I'll have to steal your scale! It's perfect. I had an 8 over in Italy when Peter got really sick (running a crazy high temp) and I had to have a medical discussion with the people at the hostel and then the pharmacy in my bad Spanish (note we were in Italy!) to try to figure out what to do. I've had at least a few 6 or 7 days here.... days where you want to crawl back into bed and hope when you wake up you're somewhere else.... I miss you so much! And I'm glad that the CPS is low these days. I'm looking forward to being in the same hemisphere/continent (maybe even state one day?) Wow- I think I’ll have to steal your scale! It’s perfect. I had an 8 over in Italy when Peter got really sick (running a crazy high temp) and I had to have a medical discussion with the people at the hostel and then the pharmacy in my bad Spanish (note we were in Italy!) to try to figure out what to do.

I’ve had at least a few 6 or 7 days here…. days where you want to crawl back into bed and hope when you wake up you’re somewhere else….

I miss you so much! And I’m glad that the CPS is low these days. I’m looking forward to being in the same hemisphere/continent (maybe even state one day?)

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