My Several Worlds

 
Creative juices are flowing this month.  I’m snapping photos like crazy and have spent the last two weekends wandering through textile markets and bead stores.  I’m revisiting my old design days in anticipation of having some truly knock-out jewelery for the wedding. I’m tackling my own veil as well, which should prove to have some [...]

Teaching is an incredibly rewarding and satisfying experience most days, but these last two weeks in particular have been special ones for me. 
 
Several months ago, one of my students, Alexandria Lu, decided to start offering Chinese and English articles on her website.  Most of the stories she has posted online are writing assignments that she has [...]

Typhoon days tend to be an excuse to tap into my creative outlets.  They’re one of the few days that occur throughout the year when I don’t feel obligated to be somewhere doing something.  Yesterday I decided to get a jump-start on a project I’ve had in mind for awhile.  I’ve been meaning to do [...]

Surprise surprise.  We’re stuck indoors this weekend because another typhoon has hit Taiwan.  Typhoon Jangmi came knocking around 9pm last night.  Yet another weekend down the drain, and we really don’t have all that many left before we head home.  I was hoping to get out this weekend to find some material for my veil [...]

Big things are happening.  And of course, you know me.  My motto has always been, “Go big or go home!”  I’m always one for taking on new challenges and leaping into the unknown and now I’m doing so with a very dramatic change in careers.  I’ve taken on a job as an editor with an [...]

This photo was taken just before sunset in Halong Bay, Vietnam.  We had just dropped anchor for the evening to spend our first night on a traditional junk boat.  Obviously, I’ve had a bit of photo-processing fun with this image.  I’ve inverted some of the colors to make it look more like a painting.  What [...]

Saturday nights rarely get this exciting for us.  We ended up lucking out over the weekend with a last minute invite for some fantastic music, some serious boogying and a whole lot of friends at China White for DJ Megan Murphy’s birthday bash. 
BIRTHDAY GIRL: MEGAN MURPHY aka DJ MEGAN

Photo by: Karen Pavor
The party was held at [...]

Banciao on a sunny day in Taiwan is beautiful.  This is what we normally see outside our windows every day.  I snapped this first photo to give you an idea of the amount of water we had dumped on us last weekend.  It’s been a week since the fury of Typhoon Sinlaku swept through Taiwan, [...]

A lazy day of football in Taipei, Taiwan turns into a moment of pure magic when a rainbow appears out of nowhere and baths the players under its pale colors of light.

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Kirk offers classes for basic to advanced level learners.  He’ll work with you one-on-one or in a group.
Kirk taught at the Mandarin Training Center before he decided to [...]