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I got a collection of four small illustrated books about old Taichung , 《臺中舊城》, which includes  「宮原武熊的一天」(about Miyahara Takekuma, a Japanes...

Writing from Taipei now. It is miserably hot and humid, but I walked (walked!) the 1.1 km (OK, I'm a wimp to complain!) to 唐山書店 (and no...

Just downloaded Evan Dawley's new book Taiwan: A People's History to my phone (the print copy isn't available yet). Hopefully, ...

As I have mentioned a couple of times , I'm going to be participating in a roundtable on the Oberlin Shansi Memorial Association in Chi...

I have turned in the grades for my two summer classes, so now I can focus a bit more on the three things that I want or need to work on the...

It would be beside the point to suggest that this LinkedIn post isn't "original"--it would even go against the author's po...

My wife and I watched A Foggy Tale  on Netflix last night, and I became my usual blubbery self, of course. I don't want to give away any...

Chat with Claude: What time is it right now in Boston, MA? 12:31 AM It's currently Wednesday, May 27, 2026. Unfortunately I don't ha...

Just noticed that a footnote in my " Formosa Delayed " article (I'm already regretting the title) has the wrong date for Basti...

I'm now scrambling to put my course materials in alternative locations because of a cyberattack on Canvas that has shut it down across ...

I'm going to have to sit with this for a bit to work out my thoughts about what's being suggested here:   The suggestion to create a...

The spring semester is over here--and just in time, as a hay fever-driven lethargy has overtaken me, making it hard for me to concentrate on...