Taiwan: The True Cost of Zero Covid
January 24, 2022
What went wrong with Taiwan’s Zero-COVID stretagy… … More Taiwan: The True Cost of Zero Covid
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Fear
May 22, 2021
You are the enemy, at your own gate … More Fear
Taitung – Da Fang Tea House
August 18, 2020
About a week ago I returned from my trip from Taitung in south eastern Taiwan. It’s a 3 hour train ride from my home in Jiaoxi and 4 hours from Taipei. The reason for this trip was that I was invited to visit Da Feng Tea House. There I was kindly shown around both their place and Taitung. … More Taitung – Da Fang Tea House
Chuang’s Tea House
May 18, 2020
My most recent visit to Yilan for pleasure was a trip to a friend’s Tea House. My friend, Yu Chia Chuang’s family runs a museum and tea house near Jiaoxi in Yilan county Taiwan (@Chuangstea on IG). The last time we met up had been over a year prior at their old location more towards … More Chuang’s Tea House
To Ask a Wanderer
August 2, 2019
What are you looking for? Do you know? Are you just seeking because you must? A sensation, a trigger, like a magnetic force But always to be drawn far from home. To wander means many things And many things will be found and felt Tasted, drank, read, spoken and learned. And what have you learned? … More To Ask a Wanderer
An Early Summer School Adventure: Singapore
July 16, 2019
Just about a week ago I arrived back from a school trip to Singapore. It was a bit longer of a stay than some of my past trips but one that came with the vast responsibility of taking care of the students along for the ride. Perhaps I wasn’t able to do quite everything I … More An Early Summer School Adventure: Singapore
Chapter 18: A Woman Named Abalyn
June 19, 2019
Mourning came and Hexla woke up becoming aware of the situation. She was furious. Luke and Abalyn were about all that kept Hexla from tearing me out of the back of the carriage. Finishing a bit of speaking, I stopped to take a breath. I could rest now. Martin would be stable for a … More Chapter 18: A Woman Named Abalyn
Chapter 17: Welcome to the Ross Wood
June 5, 2019
Hexla was at least able to rid herself of the negative side effects of alcohol, and we were on the road early the next morning. If I had thought, we were nearly across the plains, I was wrong. “Rain,” Luke spoke absently when we had stopped riding at midday to eat and give our … More Chapter 17: Welcome to the Ross Wood
Huashan 1914 Creative Park Taipei, A Travel Guide
June 1, 2019
Once a Japanese winery where sake was produced, it was then briefly run by a Taiwanese company when ROC took control of the island in 1946, but that wasn’t meant to last. It fell into ruin over the decades before the city of Taipei decided it wished to tear the whole thing down. Artists … More Huashan 1914 Creative Park Taipei, A Travel Guide
Chapter 16: Three Glren and Two Speakers
May 28, 2019
We rode out early the next morning, as the sun just beginning to rise. No one spoke as we made our way out of Maia. Once we passed out of the populated areas around the city our pace quickened and we rode hard. The pace surprised me based on our previous days ride. But … More Chapter 16: Three Glren and Two Speakers
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