bridge building
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We are your biggest funs!
While the TikTok ban was looming last week, a half million “TikTok refugees” flooded to a lesser known Chinese app, 小红书, RedNote. According to news reports, the app’s current users offered a humorous welcome, helping “refugees” navigate the mostly Chinese… Continue reading
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Circles and Spaces
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been sharing thoughts about relationship circles, reflecting on sheep and goats and toilet paper brands. After reading the first of these posts, an author from my writing support group commented: One thing that might… Continue reading
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Hanging with my Humans
After growing up in church and then finishing Bible college, I went on to complete a second degree at a public university. That’s when I started hanging out with “tax collectors and sinners.” A few weeks after completing my second… Continue reading
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Building Bridges
In the novel Our Missing Hearts, Celeste Ng imagines an American society that labels China “our greatest long-term threat,” pulverizes Asian language books into toilet paper, and ostracizes people with Asian connections. After being locked in China during the COVID-19 pandemic, I… Continue reading
Water for the Weary 