My friend Janet recently sent me a book from the fabulous Swindon bookstore in Hong Kong. It's Richard Hughes' Borrowed Place, Borrowed Time: Hong Kong and Its Many Faces (Andre Deutsch, 1976). And boy is it a gem!I love history, especially when it pertains to Hong Kong. And … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
The great thing about being a teenager in the 80s is that there's a huge chance you look better now than you did back then. At least that's what I'm telling myself as I flip through old photos from my teenage years.My father and I traveled to Seoul in the summer of 1987, a … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Paper Tigress
It's pretty amazing to think about Rachel Cartland's early adult years. She came from modest means and graduated from Oxford in her early twenties. In 1972 she entered the job market. For a woman back then, the opportunities were limited. But Cartland successfully interviewed for … [Read more...]
Bookmarks!
It's been a busy weekend with hair appointments, a Girl Scout Daisies meeting, a post-meeting Indian dinner with my co-leader and our husbands, Sunday School, and a Passover seder a day early.And in all that excitement, I've been giving out my new bookmark! My publisher, … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
I took this photo in Singapore with my parents many years ago. Although I cut this part out of my book, what transpired on this trip was that I informed my parents that the friend they met in Hong Kong a few days earlier wasn't just a friend. He was my fiance.It's quite a … [Read more...]
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