It's hard to believe it's been two years since this photo was taken. In it, Jake was about to fly off to Israel for four months. I was more excited for him than worried about being away from him for a semester.It was good training because in less than three months, he will be … [Read more...]
18th birthday dinner at Intro
All three kids are officially on summer break now and it seems like we just celebrated Thanksgiving. I don't know where the time has gone. On top of that, this summer is going to be crazy busy with travels, camp, and getting Jake ready for college, so I don't doubt that it will … [Read more...]
Eleanor Frances Lattimore
For my June author, I thought I would feature someone I've been fond of for many years but who is no longer with us. I first heard of Eleanor Frances Lattimore more than ten years ago when a friend gave my son Jake an old copy of the children's book, Little Pear.I soon found … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
The summer hasn't started yet and I'm already knee-deep in college preparations for Jake. We've signed up for his classes, laughed through his Mandarin placement test (all a guess to him), and decided that he should study simplified characters rather than traditional ones because … [Read more...]
Treasures from a past life
For a while now, I've been thinking about the Chinese textbooks I used in college 25 years ago and how outdated they must seem now. I knew I'd kept at least one, and had looked through some bookshelves but it wasn't until this evening that I found one. And next to it was a … [Read more...]
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