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Taiwan
Redeeming the Ugly
13
Jul
2010
I took this picture of my kids playing the other day. Isn’t it sweet. I love to see them enjoying each other. I was looking at this picture and I thought, “Wow. It’s really grungy.” The steps are scuffed and dirty. The chairs are dusty. Some of them are broken. The paint on the rails [...]
Today at the Park…
3
Jun
2010
Today at the park an entire group of high schoolers descended upon us. It was strange because we are at the park at all kinds of times on all kinds of days and this has never happened before. Anyways, we’re at the park and in come all these teenagers with their snacks from 7-eleven. A [...]
Chinese Vocabulary
26
May
2010
Even though I’ve been out of formal Chinese classes for nearly two years now, the learning never stops. I don’t think it ever does with a second language. It’s just that now my new vocabulary is shaped by my life experiences instead of a textbook. Since this blog is often used to chronicle my children’s [...]
More from Pingxi.
19
Mar
2010
Some more of my favorite pictures from our trip to the Lantern Festival in Pingxi. So. Wanna come visit us next year???
Abram and his very cool birthday candle.
18
Mar
2010
Abram got to celebrate his first birthday in real style. Not with a birthday party, but with a trip to the Pingxi Lantern Festival. Don’t be jealous, people. Pingxi is two hours by train from Taipei, although we ended up on a bus for the last half because the little mountain train going into Pingxi [...]
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