After reading Robyn Scott's memoir last week, I felt anxious to start another book about Africa. But I wanted one that was a little more upbeat (which certainly isn't a complaint about Scott's book; I thoroughly loved it and am still thinking about it).Enter Eve … [Read more...]
Picnic at Shinrin Koen, 1964
I came across this image early on in my slide scanning project, but I've often thought back to it 500 slides later.My mom took this photo around Halloween 1964 at her school picnic at Shinrin Koen (which translates into forest park). She'd been teaching at the Nagoya … [Read more...]
Book of the Week–Twenty Chickens for a Saddle
Dad had just got back from work, and we were having late-afternoon tea and biscuits in the lounge. So writes Robyn Scott on page 142 of Twenty Chickens for a Saddle: The Story of an African Childhood (Penguin, 2008), the book I finished over the weekend. For some reason, this … [Read more...]
One hundred years of the ROC
Today on Facebook my college friend Marissa posted a video of Taipei's New Year's firework extravaganza. It was a proud moment for Taiwan as this year marks the 100th anniversary of the Republic of China.I can only image the festivities on this year's double ten, the official … [Read more...]
New Year’s Day in Miyajima, 1965
My mom took this photo in Miyajima, an island off the coast of Hiroshima. She traveled there on New Year's Day, 1965.Unlike many Asian countries, Japan celebrates the new year on January 1 of the Gregorian calendar (this practice started in the 1870s when Japan stopped … [Read more...]
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