Sometime around 1916, my great-great grandfather converted to Islam.  Five generations later, nobody in the family knew about it. It wasn...

From Wikimedia Commons I like to read old books about Taiwan, and it doesn't get much older than this. In 1704, a man named George Psalm...

I am grateful that I had the time to attend an exhibition of Sanyu (常玉) works in December It doesn't matter how you spin it or even if y...

國破山河在 I have a hankering to learn the oud.  I don't know if it has to be an oud exactly. I'd be perfectly happy with a saz or a kanu...

First, a touch of random business: check out my interview with designer Johnny Chiu of Not Just Library and the east coast culinary train i...

I've had both a series of medical issues these past months, in addition to my usual anxiety and overall executive dysfunction. Add to th...

Look you guys, I just can't. Like...I can't. American voters actually voted for the guy who said " you won't have to vote a...