It’s mid-autumn festival today. 中秋。 I went back to our old place to pick up packages. Traffic was heavy on the Alpine Road today. A lady walking her dog passed by after I parked. She stared at me. My previous neighbors’ boys‘ toys scattered along the path leading to my old home. Trees were still…

I had always thought that pomegranate trees are all tall, just like apple trees, until recently I noted some low, bush-like pomegranate trees along my way to work. I must have seen pomegranate trees before. But these little bushes look so alien to me, almost like an entirely unknown species. I only realized what it…

We started our second week in the new house today. Our new home is in a big complex with hundreds of townhouses. The community is lively, but not crowded. Well, sometimes it feels still more like a resort to me than a home. I got this feeling again today when we went to the community…