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Adoption Pictures
This is the moment we got our new little girl. It is intensely emotional. You reach out for a child who you have spent months dreaming of and praying for. Even though you want to laugh and cry and...
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Year of the Snake
English: Chinese for “Snake” (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In a few weeks (on February 10) the Chinese New Year celebrations begin and we enter the year of the Snake. Just like the Fire Horse, the...
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The Fire Horse Girl’s Inspiration
I wrote a blog post this week for Scholastic’s On Our Minds Blog about what inspired me to write The Fire Horse Girl. Click the link above to read. I hope you enjoy!
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Chinese New Year Preparations
THE FIRE HORSE GIRL begins on the day before the new year. It is a time of preparation and looking forward – a perfect starting place for a journey. I loved researching the preparations that Nushi and...
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Chinese New Year – Food
Nushi bustled in and out of the kitchen carrying plate after plate of food. I helped until I tipped a pile of tangerines into a bowl of rice. As the Chinese New Year celebrations continue, I thought it...
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Chinese New Year – Animal Race
“It is a horrible match,” I said. “A snake and a horse. We will do nothing but fight.” I have always loved the story of how the years got their animal names in the Chinese zodiac. There are many...
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Chinese New Year – Kitchen God
“That is what I always thought love would be. A kind of understanding.” “You are very romantic for a Fire Horse,” Spring Blossom said. “Maybe. I also like the story of the kitchen god who throws...
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Angel Island Poetry
For National Poetry Month, I am posting poems from the walls of the barracks on Angel Island. For today… There are tens of thousands of poems composed on these walls. They are all cries of complaint...
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Double Seventh Festival – Chinese Valentines Day
It is the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, also known as Double Seventh Day. I have often heard this day described as the Chinese Valentines Day although it seems to have its own unique...
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Fire Horse Girl Info and Inspiration
I could live my life on Pinterest. It caters to all my quirks in addition to my love of cork board. I created this Pinterest board to the YA Scavenger Hunt last month. I’ll post the link here in case...
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