Susan Blumberg-Kason

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    • When Friends Come From Afar
    • Bernardine’s Shanghai Salon
    • Good Chinese Wife
    • Hong Kong Noir
    • Instructions for Chinese Women and Girls
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My blog is 7 years old!

February 28, 2017 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

I started my blog seven years ago, not really knowing what I would write about. But my web designer, Christine, from Sorella Design, suggested I write a blog. So I tried it and voila--seven years later--here we are.When I started the blog, I was still writing my memoir, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Good Chinese Wife, Hong Kong, Memoirs, Misc, My Family's Travels, old hong kong, vintage hong kong

Photo Friday

February 23, 2017 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

Today in Chinatown, I taught the seniors the English words for seafood, including abalone and scallops. They really enjoyed discussing which seafood they like best and which they don't like much at all. Abalone was one of their favorites. I found some cans of squid, oysters, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Photo Friday Tagged With: Asian Food and Drinks, Hong Kong

Book of the week–One Child

February 21, 2017 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

I've often found myself discussing China's one child policy when I've visited book groups or have spoken at other events promoting my memoir. How did my ex-husband come to have three sisters? How could he have a daughter and a son? Was I held to that law, too? (Answers: 1) He and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book of the Week Tagged With: China, Memoirs

Survey help!

February 18, 2017 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

If you're in the US or have lived there, I'd love help with this survey for a new project about experiencing prejudice when there was a witness. Or if you were the witness.https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HNYTKCPIt only takes a minute. Ten thousand thank-yous! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Misc, Raising Multi-Cultural Kids

Photo Friday

February 17, 2017 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

It felt like a perfect summer day in Chicago today, even though it's only mid-February and should be snowy and frigid. The warm weather will be around for a while and we're certainly enjoying it.This photo was taken a couple years ago in Chicago's Chinatown. The building in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Photo Friday Tagged With: Asian Food and Drinks

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