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Celebrating Life Once a Year?
Today, we said goodbye to John, my brother-in-law. I attended his funeral service online. John was a wonderful brother-in-law. We had many discussions on many different subjects. We didn’t always agree with each other, but we respected each other a … Continue reading
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What were your favorite toys as a child?
This is the third week since we started StoryWorth project. The question I received on the first week was: What was your Mom like when you were a child? And the second week was: What do you like most about … Continue reading
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Yes, I Miss Firecrackers
I can’t say this is my submission for Tales of Terror: Times Past, but I definitely was motivated by it. (Thanks to rxfrazier… now I know this is a Patrick Amiot piece! Cool!) Irene asks, “Can you remember any tales … Continue reading
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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #23: Celebrations
This is my submission for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #23: Celebrations. Please follow the link to read Amy’s post. This morning, I stepped out to celebrate a beautiful winter day: high 20, no wind, frozen fog on trees… Actually, when I … Continue reading
Horses and Childhood Dreams: Times Past Challenge
This is my submission to Irene’s Times Past Challenge, and this month’s subject is: Horses and Childhood Dreams. Baby Boomer – Tainan, Taiwan I grew up in the city of Tainan. Back then, cows were used by farmers as transportation … Continue reading
Bicycles: Times Past
This is my first submission to Irene’s Times Past, and this month’s subject is: Bicycles. (I’ve noticed that my English is getting worse and worse. Many commonly used words become unfamiliar to me. I need to do something, so this … Continue reading
Observe Merit and Appreciate Kindness (NaBloPoMo Day 30)
Observe merit and appreciate kindness (觀功念恩) is one thing I learned from the LamRim class (Tibetan: “stages of the path”.) I made my first trip back to Taiwan in 2002 — 29 years after I came to America. Before I … Continue reading
Tequila Sunrise (NaBloPoMo Day 28)
When my daughter was a second grader in elementary school, I discovered Tequila Sunrise at one social gethering. The drink is easier to swallow, comparing to other drinks. And I liked the yellow, red colors. I would stare at it … Continue reading
Her Passion (NaBloPoMo Day 27)
Watching my daughter cooking the Thanksgiving meal was like watching a good artist creating a piece of art. Her concentration, her obvious enjoyment of every moment… everything indicats to me that she has a passion in cooking/eating gourmet food. She … Continue reading
A Professional Photographer? (NaBloPoMo Day 16)
We walked into one local camera shop one day and had a nice talk with one photographer who is working there. At one point of our conversation, my husband said to Dave, “We are amateurs, not professionals.” Dave looked at … Continue reading
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