Yes, huge congratulations to Taiwan on their biggest haul ever: 12 Olympic medals! To be selected for the Olympics is a huge achievement, and to get a medal, any medal, is an extra ~ and all deserve praise and encouragement. … Continue reading Congratulations on 10 (now 12!) Olympic Medals๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅUpdate from Taiwan ๐ท
โNothing in the cry of the cicada suggests they are about to dieโ ใใใฆใใฌใใใใฏใฟใใใใฟใฎใใMatsuo Basho, Japan (1690) What a great attitude to have, and especially in the midst of a pandemic! Follow the way of the cicada. Live life as … Continue reading Cicada Summer: Update from Taiwan ๐ท
“Moments of great calm, / Kneeling before an altar / Of wood in a stone church / In summer, waiting for the God / To speak; the air a staircase / For silence; the sunโs light / Ringing me, as … Continue reading ‘The Meaning is in the Waiting’: Update from Taiwan ๐ท
โIn the light of the moon, a little egg lay on a leaf. One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and โ pop! โ out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar….โ ๐ So runs the … Continue reading ๐ The Very Hungry Caterpillar ….. and other news from Taiwan ๐ฆ
Green is the colour for Earth Day, of course! So here I am at our local elementary school all in green, for a day of fun and games with all 6 classes of children (photos taken by the school for … Continue reading Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Earth Day Vibes!
The dark pink cherry blossom is in bloom all over Taipei, looking spectacular! Everyone says it’s even more beautiful than ever ~ maybe because of the very cold start to January ~ with 2 separate days of snow on Yangmingshan, … Continue reading ๐ธ๐ธ Yes, the Cherry Blossom’s Out! ๐ธ๐ธ
You just canโt beat a fine Saturday on Yangmingshan. And especially in the company of 2 very strong young men! A cold start, but sunny and dry all day, very muddy in just one place, but otherwise perfect. The 2 … Continue reading The Mountains are Calling and I Must Go ~ to Yangmingshan ้ฝๆๅฑฑ with Tze-Foun ๅญๅฏฌ and Dong-Gua ๅฌ็!
Cathwel Service (Cath-wel is short for Catholic Welfare) ่ฒกๅๆณไบบๅคฉไธปๆ็ฆๅฉๆ, is the Taiwan branch of the US Catholic Relief Services, founded in 1949, originally to help unmarried mothers and their children. It continues its ministry helping disadvantaged women and children; many … Continue reading Advent Church & St. Johnโs University Charity Fundraising 2020 @ ๅคฉไธปๆ็ฆๅฉๆ ‘Cathwel Service’, Shenkeng ๆทฑๅ, Taipei
December 2020 flashed past in a whirl of activities, but when I read last year’s blog post of Advent & Christmas 2019, this year seems so quiet in comparison. December 2019 was jam-packed full! This year things were quieter, partly … Continue reading Advent & Christmas 2020 ๐๐ฏ๏ธ๐ ๐ฆ๐โ๐โช๐๐คถ๐ถ๐ผ
Catherine Lee 