HELLO!
I'M
VALERIE.
There is no such thing as purple chestnut. Purple is in my name and I have been trying to grow chestnut trees since 2015. There is so much to write about the owning a property in the 100-year flood plain & growing various type of food that hopefully I will have some time and energy to write it someday.
For now, I will stick with what I encounter everyday.
Food: Taiwanese food + baking mostly. I wish I started jotting down many of the recipes earlier. I am known to cook or bake large quantity of food at times. In my defense, it's all about efficiency and practicality. Lots of Chinese food are high effort, such as dumplings. If you want to make a dozen of dumplings which no body does, you might as well make 6 dozens and freeze the ones you can't consume. Another idea is to have a working party and everyone get to take home some food.
East + West: I have spent about 1/3 of my life in Asia (Taiwan) and 2/3 of my life in North America (Canada + USA) so far. I also have children that goes to school. The blog talks about parenting issues I face. Some are conflicting value systems between the East and the West.
Languages: It's interesting to grow up in Taiwan in the 70s and 80s. My grandparents spoke Japanese and they use Japanese in front of us when they didn't want us to understand the conversation. I spoke Taiwanese but it was not allowed at school. I learned Mandarin at school in Taiwan. Then as my family moved to Canada, I had to learn English. I learned some (very little) Japanese during my university years. Understanding the languages help tremendously with understanding the culture (& vice versa). I like to continue learning.
Others: Articles are like humans and are all unique. This is where everything goes when it does not fit into the previous three buckets.
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