On Sept. 25 we visited Kinmen for a second time. Last year we came here as tourists, and were fascinated by the architecture and decoration of the buildings in small isolated communities. This time we came as journalists to do a report on training tradesmen to restore/ renovate historic and heritage buildings. The sense that […]
waiting in the wings
Our mother was a formidable influence on us as children, intimidatingly and singularly strong. Last night, she told me this was a reaction to her own mother’s absence in her upbringing, that she had made the conscious decision to be there for her own children in all things. I don’t remember our grandmother. She died […]