nYc 09 I had the desire to blog when I came back from NYc last week but I hit the ground running and haven't been able to sit down to it until now. So...it happens that I have lost the glimmers of the words I was going t…

Don't ask how we got onto the topic of elementary schoolers. I wasn't the one who brought up the question of grad school, I think I was too busy thinking about the cello and about the camp I had to leave early from. I wa…

^(d. thomas, "fern hill") The cutest part of the Christmas service tonight was the kids, hands down; but I won't lie, I was a little shocked to see the little ones that I remember as BABIES take turns accompanying the s…

Tonight we are making shui jiao again. They haven't beenturning out so well on account of not enough flour, which means more work. =(Right now I am taking a break. =P Making these inevitably brings this story tomin…

when these incidents aren’t all that uncommon when you are the ‘token’ minority...and everyone knows itexcept you when people raise their eyebrows at, shy away from, or makea big deal about things that are absolutely…