About Me
This is me:
My name is Becky Ances and I am a writer, traveler, and tea drinker. I am a former magazine editor, current book author and teacher living in China. I spent 10 idyllic years in a small New Hampshire town until the call of the road was too loud to ignore. I worked 2 jobs (80 hours a week) for a year to save up enough money to get out of the country for awhile. It was hard, but worth it. We chose to teach English in China and ever since our first day I wake up excited for the day ahead of me and I go to sleep with a big smile on my face. It has been a long time since I’ve been like that.
This is my husband Ryan:
We met in college, got married in 2000 and have traveled the world together. Ryan likes to draw pictures and is especially good at drawing a cow, ram, wombat, bear, kiwi bird and a little girl. (Confused? Keep reading.)
This is what we do:
We are the creators behind Moo-Cow Fan Club, and award-winning children’s magazine which is now a book series. Luckily writing and illustrating is a job that can be done anywhere in the world so as we travel we continue to create. To find out more about Moo-Cow and his gang please go to www.moocowfanclub.com. When we are in America we do school visits and speaking engagements. Please contact me for further information if you are interested in having us come to your school or group.
This is our home:
It’s called a yurt and it is located on six peaceful acres in southern New Hampshire. It looks like a wooden spaceship and sometimes I wish it was so we could take us with us when we travel. But you can’t let a house dictate how you live your life so we have currently rented it out while we travel around.
These are our cats:
Their names are Pua (left) and Upoko (right). They live in the round house and probably miss us very much. We miss them. A lot.
This is our home in China for a year:
It’s called Zhejiang Forestry University located in Lin’an, a small town 3 hours south of Shanghai. We were only supposed to live here for 6 months, but we enjoyed it so much that somehow turned into 1 year, which ballooned into 2. After that, who knows? The students are great, the school treats us well, and we love the food. Now, if only we could learn the language better we’d be all set…
I started this blog as a place to write down my observations and thoughts as I live and explore a new culture. But more than that bloggers have helped me in many aspects of my life (budget bloggers, travel bloggers, entrepreneur bloggers) and I wanted to pay it forward. I have learned a lot about teaching in china, traveling and just living the life of my own choosing. I thought I could share my experiences and information and hopefully inspire people as other have done for me. Thanks for coming, reading and sharing. And if you like what you see, make sure to subscribe to get my posts delivered to your RSS feed or e-mail inbox.
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