🦃 Happy Thanksgiving!🦃 🦃 感恩節快樂!🦃 And let’s celebrate the traditional American way, which includes turkey ~ so these are our Thanksgiving Turkeys, made last Friday at Xingren Elementary School, each child writing what they are thankful for – photos supplied … Continue reading Thanksgiving Turkey Celebrations! 感恩節快樂!
High mountains, steep valleys, suspension bridges, hot sun, blue sea, white surf, yummy sugar-apples, pink cherry blossom, betel nuts, indigenous people, dancing, art, mountain villages, lots of churches, cheeky monkeys waiting to steal your lunch, impressive scenery ~ all these … Continue reading Time for Just a Taste of Taitung 台東!
The world is in the middle of a devastating pandemic, the USA has had a terrible week with riots in the Capitol, the UK is in chaos with Brexit and lockdown. And meanwhile, in Taipei….. A Banksy Exhibition has just … Continue reading Meanwhile in Taipei…. Banksy Exhibition @ Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall
Published yesterday by the Church Mission Society, my latest link letter, click on the link below… The letter was actually sent off to CMS on October 14 for processing, and much seems to have happened since then. As we await the results of the US presidential election and as the UK goes into lockdown again, there’s a lot going on. A little oasis in all that’s going on is to be found at Rainbow Village, Taichung 彩虹眷村, as high-rise buildings start to go up all around… Let me just cheer you all up a little with some photos I took there … Continue reading CMS Link Letter #81 (and Rainbow Village 彩虹眷村!)
Smiles all round in honour of Taiwan’s Double-Tenth National Day last Thursday, October 10 ~ and the start of a 4-day weekend for us all! And what a good opportunity it was to show our 18 international friends some of … Continue reading South to North up Taiwan’s West Coast with our 18 Friends from Latin America & the Caribbean!
“Banksy: The Authentic Rebel” Exhibition has opened in a Taipei Shopping Mall, and it’s great! Free entry. On until March 24. There’s 25 art pieces on display, and it’s all arranged by Phillips the auction people – apparently the first … Continue reading The Very First Banksy Exhibition opens in Taipei!
Off to Oxford for 2 days ~ yippee! Main purpose – to visit CMS Church Mission Society HQ today – to meet all the wonderful people who work there and share with them a little about life in Taiwan. Oh, … Continue reading Oxford Vibes and more @ CMS-UK HQ!
Ah, Northern Ireland – such a very green and pleasant land, where it rains so much that all it has to do is stop raining and everyone is upbeat and happy. A grey, cloudy and overcast day might put the … Continue reading A Huge Big Welcome to Northern Ireland!
The best place in London to see street art in abundance is the Shoreditch area, and wherever you go, there’s tons of murals, paintings and graffiti of every kind ~ some of it very famous, like the 2 original ones above … Continue reading London’s Street Art @ Shoreditch: Must Go!
Catherine Lee 