My students thought I was weird for stopping to take a picture of this caterpillar munching on a flower. Caterpillars in Taiwan tend to be quite exciting and fairly common. Butterflies flit about i… more →
Becoming TaiwaneseKaren Lawrence wrote 2 months ago: Sep 11, 2009, Staunton, VA. Songwriter Nathan Moore lives what he writes about in his award-winning … more →
meiguotaiwanren wrote 7 months ago: My students thought I was weird for stopping to take a picture of this caterpillar munching on a flo … more →
meiguotaiwanren wrote 7 months ago: Sorry I’ve been dreadful about posting and responding to comments recently. Here are some phot … more →
meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: Now I’m back in the house I grew up in where the trees got all dolled up in gold to welcome me … more →
meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: I’m safely back in Taiwan for a week before heading back East to cuddle babies and torment cou … more →
meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: Expats– VOTE! I’m going back to watch the excitement of the elections up close, but even … more →
meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: On a memorable weekend before I left Taipei, my dear cousin took me out to the beach by Keelung. We … more →
meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: When we went to Barclay Park this spring (yes, there’s a backlog of postings, my apologies … more →
meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: Barclay Park is a nice little park in Tainan that I visited with my aunt this past spring. It is na … more →
meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: My aunt has this little white water flower that is quite possibly no more thanks to the tendency of … more →
meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: So, I was on my way to Tainan right after my final fat-lady-sang-the-last-encore day of school (subb … more →
meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: Here’s a sampling of the water lilies cultivated by my aunt now in my grandfather’s gard … more →
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meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: Historic theological seminary in Tainan– empty on a Sunday. … more →
meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: undefined ETA: AAAGH! WordPress ate my post! Waaah!…. Um. I’ll have to do something abou … more →
meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: When we wandered around Anping, we ran into the overpowering salty mineral scent of the sea. A quick … more →
meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: Puppets and lions for sale… Pigeons. Racing pigeons by setting them free far from home and see … more →
meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: Dutch is such a happy boingy language, and “Zeelandia” is such a marvelous word. Linguis … more →
meiguotaiwanren wrote 1 year ago: It has a weather vane! (I can identify with weather vanes….) The merchant house overlooks an … more →