My alma mater in Hong Kong has been in the news this week after it became a battle zone Monday night. I've posted photos of the campus before, but I wanted to put many of them here together just to show what a beautiful and peaceful place it was.The Chinese University was not … [Read more...]
Letter from Hong Kong, August 1994
Just as e-mail was becoming mainstream in 1994, people still wrote real letters and I was no exception. I wrote to my grandma in Albany, New York, several times a month when I lived in Hong Kong. She kept all of my letters before she died at the age of 104.5 in 2007. This letter … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Crux
I haven't posted a book of the week in forever, but it's only because I've either been out of town or was getting the kids ready for the new school year (3 schools in 2 countries). I read a ton of great books this summer and Crux by Jean Guerrero is the latest and one of my … [Read more...]
Book of the week–A Trick of Light
My friend Jacqueline recently told me about a new Hong Kong memoir, so of course I rushed to ask author Deborah Rogers for a review copy. A Trick of Light takes place in 1987-88 Hong Kong, but also includes a short part in 1978 when her family moves there from New … [Read more...]
Friday Photo
My friend Annie took this photo 20 years ago when I was pregnant and still living in Hong Kong. I remember this day as clearly as one can from two decades ago. We walked to the Jewish cemetery in Happy Valley and had lunch at Dim Sum there, then walked back through Wan Chai. I … [Read more...]