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Mixed Happiness
Photography by Corey Amaro With spring at hand, the first roses are begging to bloom. Taking the scissor I clipped a few off of nature's crown. A teapot, without a lid wasn't what I noticed, no instead I…
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A Flower in a Vase
Note: Unpacking. Spoke with Sacha, he is into raising chicks, literally. The little chick-lettes are yellow and fluffy. His girlfriend raises chicks every year for Easter. Chelsea called to ask if I wanted to come back and travel with…
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Antiquing in China… Just for you Brother Mathew (and my faithful brocante readers too :))
While in rural China I saw a peek of this antique shop. Did I stop? Did I buy anything? Did my heart pitter patter? We spent hours and hours in the Hutongs (neighborhoods) in Beijing.…
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Thirty Hours
Thirty hours door to door, we are home. China is no longer at hand. Strange. Slience. Where are the mulitude of people? The images of China play in my mind, one after another. My dreams vast,…
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What I Didn’t Expect to Find in The Forbidden City
It is a good thing when you travel with people you like and who like to do the same sorts of things. We like to eat. Go to markets. Eat. Watch people. Take the back streets. Eat. Go to…
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Longsheng China: Rice Terrace
High up in the mountains above Guilin (China) are the magnificent terraced rice fields. Growing up in the country (California) my Father grew rice. Though the fields around my childhood home were flat and the rice grain was planted…