by svsauthor | Jul 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
Upstream of the Upper Peninsula’s Bond Falls is a series of small (approximately 20” x 10”) concrete platforms that, in years past, allowed visitors to easily step from platform to platform and walk across the Ontonagon River. Just upstream of the structure is a hydro...
by svsauthor | Jul 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
Today Clare starts a new job. I am not sure of her exact job title, but she will be working for the University of Wisconsin’s State Laboratory of Hygiene. Her primary duties will involve the testing of water samples from around the state to determine levels of...
by svsauthor | Jul 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Last Wednesday Clare pulled into our driveway with a carload of Manyu’s family. There was Shau-yu, Manyu’s oldest sister. She is visiting from Bangkok. There were also thirteen-year twins who are the daughters of one of Manyu’s nieces. Shau-yu is here for a week and a...
by svsauthor | Jul 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
At the very back of the grocery store was a small archway, and beyond the archway a greasy spoon restaurant that would not have been out of place in the dingiest parts of Taipei. The walls, once white, were cream colored from years of wok cooking. On those walls were...
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