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A close up photo of delicate pink flowers

The End and the Beginning Met Us

On the first Wednesday morning of the Year of the Rabbit, I received news that my Puo Puo (maternal grandmother) had a massive stroke the night before. The stroke left her brain and body irreparable. My mother and her siblings who live in the metro Vancouver area, as well as Puo Puo’s grandchildren and great grandchildren were fortunate enough to

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A blurred image of asian woman in the forest, earthy tones of greens, yellows, and browns

By the Bedside of Splendour

When our darkest beauties and darkest repulsions,⁣⁣When our history and present moments, Aspirations and negotiations,⁣⁣When all of these open fully and empty into the hungry earth and absorbing skies—⁣⁣The end and the beginning meet us. ⁣⁣ Why can vacancy feel so full?⁣⁣Silence be so loud?⁣⁣The cessation of breath burn?⁣⁣ ⁣⁣May we follow, follow, follow⁣⁣This scattering to the ends, ends, ends,

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Brown rabbit is poised to hop

Year of the Water Rabbit Forecasts (2023)

Sooner or later, as we grow older, we eventually come to appreciate that no news is good news. As we near the end of the Water Tiger year, and prepare to welcome (with relief) the Water Rabbit, we can finally find a quiet spot in the corner, experience reprieve, and reimagine what life can be like. The next Lunar New

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Taiwanese woman's hands pours tea out of a traditional Chinese terracotta teapot

You Are Raising A Teapot

One of the gifts I received this year during the holidays was a handmade, traditional Chinese terracotta teapot (cha hu) from my mother, who was in Taiwan to visit family earlier this month. While there, she visited 鶯歌 (Yingge District, a river community in southwestern New Taipei City), renowned for its production of porcelain, art studios, and tea houses. Many mother-daughter relations

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A close up photo of delicate pink flowers

The End and the Beginning Met Us

On the first Wednesday morning of the Year of the Rabbit, I received news that my Puo Puo (maternal grandmother) had a massive stroke the night before. The stroke left her brain and body irreparable. My mother and her siblings who live in the metro Vancouver area, as well as Puo Puo’s grandchildren and great grandchildren were fortunate enough to

Read More »
A blurred image of asian woman in the forest, earthy tones of greens, yellows, and browns

By the Bedside of Splendour

When our darkest beauties and darkest repulsions,⁣⁣When our history and present moments, Aspirations and negotiations,⁣⁣When all of these open fully and empty into the hungry earth and absorbing skies—⁣⁣The end and the beginning meet us. ⁣⁣ Why can vacancy feel so full?⁣⁣Silence be so loud?⁣⁣The cessation of breath burn?⁣⁣ ⁣⁣May we follow, follow, follow⁣⁣This scattering to the ends, ends, ends,

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Brown rabbit is poised to hop

Year of the Water Rabbit Forecasts (2023)

Sooner or later, as we grow older, we eventually come to appreciate that no news is good news. As we near the end of the Water Tiger year, and prepare to welcome (with relief) the Water Rabbit, we can finally find a quiet spot in the corner, experience reprieve, and reimagine what life can be like. The next Lunar New

Read More »
Taiwanese woman's hands pours tea out of a traditional Chinese terracotta teapot

You Are Raising A Teapot

One of the gifts I received this year during the holidays was a handmade, traditional Chinese terracotta teapot (cha hu) from my mother, who was in Taiwan to visit family earlier this month. While there, she visited 鶯歌 (Yingge District, a river community in southwestern New Taipei City), renowned for its production of porcelain, art studios, and tea houses. Many mother-daughter relations

Read More »