When I went to Japan the winter of 1990-1991, I remember watching TV and learning about an upcoming election. One of the candidates (an incumbent, I think) discussed on television was singled out, not for any political reasons, but because he was Korean. He spoke fluent Japanese … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
Last week one of my college roommates from Hong Kong visited Chicago with her family. We had a magical time going around the city and eating up a storm (Ethiopian, Greek, stuffed pizza, Persian, and even Chinese food). Cloud Gate, or the Bean as we call it, was one of their … [Read more...]
Q&A with Author Joyce Bergvelt
On April 26th, Joyce Bergvelt's debut novel set in old Taiwan (called Formosa back then) comes out. I recently had the wonderful opportunity to ask her questions about her time in Taiwan and her writing journey. Her book can be pre-ordered from Camphor Press here. Or on Amazon … [Read more...]
Book of the week—Home Sweet Maison
I don’t live in a remarkable house and therefore haven’t treated it very well. My kids are free to play in any room and we just wait each Monday for our cleaners to straighten things out. Because of the mess and the clutter, I never feel like fresh flowers or other nice things go … [Read more...]
High Noon in Carefree, Arizona
It's hard to believe we were in warm and sunny Phoenix just a week ago and now we're shivering in the cold and brushing off the snow from yesterday in Chicago. One of the many highlights of our trip was going out for tea in Carefree, Arizona, one of the first planned communities … [Read more...]
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