~1~ Xian nian kuai le! Gung hay fat choy! Happy New Year! The first time our family celebrated Chinese New Year was 2010 when we were new parents. That was the Year of the Tiger—the Gold Tiger. This year is the Year of the Water Tiger. It feels pretty special to be celebrating the Year […]

The snowy shape was there for days before I spotted it.

~1~ The Year of the Tiger starts Tuesday, Feb. 1, and I am not sure I am ready. But don’t worry. I will be. I may have ordered a 40-inch inflatable tiger today. What will we do with it? I don’t know. But I just have a feeling that life might be a little more […]

A priest’s name popped up in my social media feed, and it rang a distant bell. The post shared that the priest had died, apparently by suicide. Oh, no. How devastating for his family and for his community. Losing someone you love to suicide brings so much pain, so many questions. Something else was bothering […]

My favorite holiday is Chinese New Year, and I am so excited for the Year of the Tiger.

I’m not great at Wordle. I’m not even good at it. But I am a sucker for fun word games.

I’m never eager to see Christmas end.

Does anyone else feel that January is a very long month? But the days are getting a little brighter every day!

How does the godwit know where to go? How does it fly so far without stopping to eat or rest?

We enjoyed two beautiful snowfalls last week, a bit of a dusting and a fun few inches for play.