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Sunday, March 5, 2023
A Potato Sharing Tradition - Now it's Your Turn
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“So they let anyone on their potato fields to pick what’s left over?” I asked a Taiwanese co-teacher. She answered, “yes.” She thought momen...
Thursday, February 16, 2023
From Home and Here – Cast Net Fishing Taiwan’s Canals
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An dome of netting arches above the water surface. The lead weights splash, and the circular net sinks to the river bed. It’s Sunday after...
Sunday, November 20, 2022
Cobras in the Kitchen and Playground
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My first full-time elementary teaching job was at a newly constructed private school. Weeks before the new semester, we swept construction d...
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Cabbage Leaf Freedom
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Drying cabbage plants draped over riverside railings and orange pylon stantions. Plate-size cabbage leaves cover a section of sidewalk to ...
Sunday, August 28, 2022
Something a Little Different - Bat Poems - Taiwan inspired
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In front of my first Taiwan apartment, a shallow but wide canal flowed slowly to the Strait of Taiwan. Hundreds of dipping and diving bats...
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