Good news, a new beginning! Guangfu Dental Clinic 光復牙醫診所 at No. 8, Dunhou Road, Guangfu, Hualien is open! The mud’s gone, everywhere’s freshly painted, there’s new furniture, dental chairs, an X-ray machine, computer equipment, and a very happy Dr. Kuo … Continue reading 花蓮光復洪災後重生！After the Mud: New Beginnings at Guangfu, Hualien, Taiwan ❤️
The train from Hualien, packed to the limits, pulls into Guangfu Station. It’s Sunday, September 28, and Taiwan has a 3-day holiday weekend for Teacher’s Day, Confucius’ Birthday. It’s the smell that gets us first. Then the dust. It’s everywhere, … Continue reading 花蓮光復洪災 Guangfu, Hualien, Taiwan: Inundated with Mud, Overflowing with Compassion ❤️
It’s 8:22 pm on Thursday, May 22, only a few hours after landing in Taiwan, and my brother, David, has just got to get outside to film Taiwan’s famous musical bin lorries as they arrive, as scheduled, exactly on time … Continue reading Welcoming David & Anna to Taiwan!🧋🎻🎹🚚🎶
July 2024 was quite an eventful month for us in Taiwan ~ and was marked at the end of the month by the arrival of Typhoon Gaemi🌀 ~ from which Taiwan is still recovering. The worst typhoon to hit Taiwan … Continue reading Welcoming Katherine & the Lovely Cooper Family from the UK to Taiwan! 🌍❤️🌏
This is Rev. Antony Liang and the lovely people at St. Luke’s Church, Hualien (台灣聖公會花蓮聖路加堂) after their Sunday service on April 7, as they gathered for worship only days after Taiwan’s devastating 7.2 earthquake on April 3 that hit Hualien … Continue reading St. Luke’s Church, Hualien
A fairly momentous day. Wednesday April 3, 2024 was the day of Taiwan’s massive 7.2 earthquake. And yes, it was also my birthday! The day started off pretty normally, as birthdays on a Wednesday might do, and by 7:30 am I was just back home from an hour in the swimming pool. Actually, everyone in Taiwan was busy planning their upcoming long weekend – the following 2 days, April 4 and 5 were to be days off for the annual Tomb-Sweeping Festival – so I was busy planning too. The weather reports for the holiday weekend were not too good, … Continue reading Taiwan’s 7.2 Hualien Earthquake: April 3, 2024
St. Luke’s Church, Hualien, on Taiwan’s scenic east coast, was this year’s setting for the Diocese of Taiwan’s annual convention and workshop, held from May 9-12, and what a setting it was! Of course, the scenery in Hualien is spectacular, … Continue reading Taiwan Episcopal Church Diocesan Convention ’23 台灣聖公會第63屆教區年議會
There’s rabbit clothes, rabbit lanterns, rabbit displays and rabbit-everything everywhere! An abundance of real live rabbits is one of the things I noticed about the UK on my recent visit – they were everywhere, munching away on people’s lawns. Not … Continue reading 🐰 Bouncing into the Year of the Rabbit! 🐰
Escaping from Taipei’s endless rain and cold, and in search of some sun, warmth and blue skies, so we just spent this past week driving down Taiwan’s east coast. Beautiful! Yes, sun, warmth and blue skies, all so much appreciated. … Continue reading Roaring Down Taiwan’s East Coast in the Year of the Tiger! 🐯
Catherine Lee 