In the last three weeks, I’ve taken three separate three-day business trips: to Beijing, to Shanghai, and back to Beijing again. This may be nothing to you frequent fliers out there, but for me, it’s thrown me into mental and organizational chaos. When I get back into town each time, I’m frantically attempting to get back on top of things; in the process, I’ve neglected my beloved blog.

The only reason I’m not “offing” myself right now stems from my reflection on why I’m blogging. As I indicate here, the overwhelming  reason for my blogging is to learn. That is, throughout the process of blogging and reflecting, I’m extending myself into areas that I might not otherwise explore. Perhaps that is what I’m missing–not the blogging itself, but the reflection it necessitates. Regardless, if my blog becomes a “task” and not a vehicle for joyful learning, it might as well be a job, and I prefer not to go there with this particular activity.

So here I am blogging again after a couple of weeks of inactivity, and regardless of the rationale behind my blogging, I am once more at peace with the universe.

While the universe of women English China blogs may be smaller, these blogs add voices that may hint at the differences in experience between foreign men and women in China.  As a start, we compiled a directory of 56 women who blog about China primarily in English.  Most of these bloggers are currently in China but some are not.  The list also includes group blogs and anonymous blogs.