Impressions from China - winter

You know Winter is approaching when

• you feel the frigid, chilled-to-the-bone cold when you go outside
• you smell the distinctive odor of charcoal smoke (in the area where we live, charcoal is the main source of heat)
• you are reluctant to leave the warm & steamy shower stall after your shower
• your skin starts to dry up, looks like fish scales, and feels like sandpaper
• riding your bike to school no longer seems very appealing