It's been a difficult week.On Monday, the brother of a good friend passed away at the age of 41 from metastatic melanoma. Feeling sad, the next day I picked up Claire Bidwell Smith's new memoir, The Rules of Inheritance (Hudson Street Press, 2012). I finished it twenty-four … [Read more...]
Kids and dragons
Guess what arrived this week?When my husband Tom and I booked tickets to Hong Kong for next month, we took advantage of Cathay Pacific's special Year of the Dragon fare, which included a free stuffed dragon.Pretty true to the ad, right?My two youngest kids … [Read more...]
Kitchen in a box
Guest blogger Stuart Beaton has been busy interviewing a slew of authors on his podcast site, http://rastous.podomatic.com/ as well as getting back into the new teaching term. But he's spent some time here blogging about his adventures teaching kitchen English. So bring out the … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Woman Islands
I'm a little late for International Women's Day, but better late than never, right? A couple months ago my friend Jean sent me Chung Wenyin's first novel, Woman Islands (Serenity International, 2011), of course in translation.Chung Wenying is one of Taiwan's most popular … [Read more...]
Mandarin story time at the public library
I've posted before about my disappointment with our public schools for failing to bring Mandarin classes into the schools. It's been a sore spot with countless parents and me, but I've tried to stay positive and find other opportunities for my kids to learn Mandarin. Or at least … [Read more...]
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