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Locke- a Celebration for Life
Following the beautiful Sacramento River, we went back to Locke, the largest surviving and most intact historic rural Chinese-American community in the United States, built exclusively by Chinese, for Chinese. Founded in 1915, Locke has more than 50 commercial and residential buildings, covering approximately 14 acres along the east bank of the Sacramento River. Whenever I’m…
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Moonlight Yoga
The moonlight has magic, so mesmerizing, makes the yard so intimate. I had an urge to do a yoga flow under the moonlight. When I started the flow, my moves seem ignited by the pure moonlight. The moon is so bright, almost like daylight, washing out all the darkness. The shadows are so sharp; the edge is so…
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Aurora Borealis
I saw the first Aurora Borealis in my life last night! Back in May when I heard the Northern Lights maybe seen locally, I got so excited! We followed the guidance of the experts and drove to the most prominent place, dark sky with no light pollution, facing north, after 11pm, wrapped in warm jackets.…
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Nature’s Agenda
A tarantula walking across the trail in front of me. It’s their mating season, they’re on their way to meet their mates, as if they know exactly where to go. We created time, living inside of it; they have it all inside, living outside of it, yet never late. Nature doesn’t follow our time or…
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Time is a Butterfly
Zoom in: Summer turning into butterflies, flying into Fall. Fall is in the scent of shimmering Osmanthus, humble but rich. Fall is on the swing; swinging the ripening jujubes, pulling down the branches towards Mother Earth. Fall is lining up a whole sounder of wild boar, stocking up for their winter…fall in love again with…
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It’s Already There
Today is Full Moon Day, lunar August 15th, to Chinese, it’s like Thanksgiving in the western world. It’s harvest moon, we celebrate our harvest by eating moon cakes with the family. Moon cake is round like the full moon, resembles the fullness of family, a returning towards the family, a complete circle. No edge, no…
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Season’s Greetings
Things going through you, they never take you seriously, why do you take things seriously? Be it a puzzle or trouble in life. Once I did a random post, and for whatever reason, got 1.5K likes. I used to think those people who can casually draft a post and draw thousands of likes must be…
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Hello September!
I saw the first tarantula this year, it seems like fall is really here, even though Indian Summer still lingers. Fall is the mating season for tarantulas, they walk around actively looking for their mate. This tarantula climbed on a tall blade of grass, slid down like an acrobat, entering the deep grass and disappearing…
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Columbia after Dark & a Letter Caught in Time
We went back to Columbia State Historic Park, a gold town of the 1850’s in the Sierras. I was touched by two highlights from this trip. The first is the original hand written Chinese letter from back in 1850’s. It was a letter from a son to his family back in China. From the writing, he…
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The First Pomegranate
After a long, exhausting day, I finally was able to sit in the yard to relax into the beautiful summer night. I noticed the first pomegranate on our tree was so ripe it even popped open, exposing all the inside red seeds. I picked it up to give myself a treat. I opened the pomegranate…