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Barclay
meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: Historic theological seminary in Tainan– empty on a Sunday. … more →
Fort Zeelandia
meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: Dutch is such a happy boingy language, and “Zeelandia” is such a marvelous word. Linguis … more →
A Couple More Merchant House pictures...
meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: It has a weather vane! (I can identify with weather vanes….) The merchant house overlooks an … more →
The Tree House
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meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: “I like the idea of trees as these delicately balanced monstrosities perched over everything. … more →
A few representative shots from Tainan
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meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: Hopefully I’ll get around to really blogging these properly sooner rather than later, but for … more →
Tainan Temples
meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: This is a public building where my cousin told me as a child their school used to come here for exer … more →
My Father's Old House...
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meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: There is a certain wistful nostalgia that we have when we think of our childhood homes. My father is … more →
On the wayside
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meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: The flower shop by my father’s old home. Any idea what these interesting cup flowers are? Our … more →
Bong-Tzu on Ching Ming Jie
meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: We had Friday off this weekend, because it was Ching Ming Jie, the grave-sweeping day when people tr … more →
Lucky Dog
meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: My mom and I were having a conversation the other night when I interrupted her to say something a bi … more →
Democracy...
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meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: Back in the US, the presidential primaries are upon us. I’m looking forward to being back home … more →
Erluanbi
meiguotaiwanren wrote 2 years ago: We went for a quick visit to Erluanbi (also known as Eluanbi) to see the lighthouse which was put up … more →
In Danshuei
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meiguotaiwanren wrote 2 years ago: On the day we went to the temple, we stopped by a fishing port for lunch, where we serendipitously r … more →
Of a runaway turtle and the past
meiguotaiwanren wrote 2 years ago: We arrived late at night in Tainan where we were greeted by my aunt and cousin in my grandfather … more →
Seven
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meiguotaiwanren wrote 2 years ago: I have been tagged by the lovely paideia– so here are seven random things about me– thou … more →
Processing
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meiguotaiwanren wrote 2 years ago: I’ve been so busy lately that I feel like I’ve been hurled through the past week instead … more →
The Old House
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meiguotaiwanren wrote 2 years ago: Family shrine inside the living room. My father’s house was made of wood, built during the Jap … more →
On the Gold Mountain (Jin Shan)
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meiguotaiwanren wrote 2 years ago: This morning around 9:30 AM, my cousin called me with his slightly low gravelled cigarette voice, wa … more →
Taking the 11-bus
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meiguotaiwanren wrote 2 years ago: I have the most vivid memories of the trips to Taiwan from summers around high school. We came for t … more →
