In the evening, I went to the supermarket and saw a big dog and a small dog tied up at the entrance. Probably their owner had gone inside to do some shopping, and the two dogs were looking in longingly. The small dog was barking incessantly, sensitive to its surroundings, while the beige Labrador […]
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the awakening of hibernating insects
Last weekend, during our phone conversation, my mother mentioned the awakening of insects, that is, 驚蟄, the 3rd solar term. (Is such a calendar valid on the tropical island of Taiwan?) It reminded me of one spring when I was sitting in my advisor’s office at the Department of Anthropology in Taipei, talking about my […]
family cameras
I spent the whole night sitting at the table scanning film negatives taken with the Olympus Mju Panorama. Mom said it was a used camera they bought from the photo studio in our small town. Unlike the SLR and medium format cameras my grandfather and uncle gave me, it lacked professional considerations. Many of our family […]