by Nan Rae | Sep 9, 2008 | Uncategorized
“Not me” says the persistent little bird, determined to peck his way thru our glass window. Every morning and afternoon this little thing comes by and peck, peck, pecks away to no avail. We began to worry that he’d peck his little bird brains out so...
by Nan Rae | Aug 24, 2008 | Uncategorized
Yuki, our 95 pound Japanese Akita has, after all these years, figured out how to extract ‘cookies’ from visitors. (She already has us nailed.) Here’s the routine; when you come to the door, she will bark at you like crazy, follow you in and actually...
by Nan Rae | Jul 25, 2008 | Uncategorized
I want to be a Lion Dancer! WOW, what a party they bring. Saturday night we had a reunion for the China adventurers and although it’s not even been two months, one would think we hadn’t seen each other for a year. It was marvelous, what a harmonious group...
by Nan Rae | Jul 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
Well, the second Wednesday of the month Calligraphy class met for the first time and as with the Saturday class, everyone was enthralled and did wonderfully. This is opening up a whole new world and we are all thrilled. If you’ve never watched a Calligraphy...
by Nan Rae | Jul 7, 2008 | Uncategorized
There is no doubt, judging by their Calligraphy, that the Chinese are brilliant! The images are so complex and really are word pictures. The simplest way to describe it is to say that the written language is created by mental pictures rather than definitions of...
by Nan Rae | Jun 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
We love to paint, it’s empowering and joyful but where did Chinese Brush painting come from? Why Calligraphy? Considered to be an art form of the highest order in the East! In fact, two of the subjects, Bamboo and the Chinese Orchid were the first painted...
