April 5, 2016 5 Miss Chu’s first Mandarin music video It’s not easy to get these girls interested in reading Chinese storybooks, or even in watching cartoons in [...]
March 29, 2016 4 Demystifying the Elves in my Computer Even though I’ve grown up around computers, and am a pretty competent user, it only takes a few simple [...]
March 22, 2016 2 Is “a holiday with the kids” an oxymoron? There are times when I’ve thought as much. Let’s just say that when kids come along, it forces [...]
March 15, 2016 10 Where are you? Very rarely do I know the answer to the monthly “Where Are You?” competitions in Conde Nast [...]
March 8, 2016 10 Making room to make In my fantasy home I have a huge studio with high ceilings and tall windows. Natural light streams in over a [...]
March 1, 2016 6 Artist or Astronaut? Did you see this Old Navy T-shirt in the shops last year? It was pulled from the shelves after causing a bit [...]
February 23, 2016 7 Miss Chu’s first Mandarin Show and Tell This week, Miss Chu posts a video of her very first Chinese Show and Tell at school! So far, Miss Chu is [...]
February 16, 2016 3 I wish Chinese New Year was in April Whilst I totally love the Christmas season, admittedly, Boxing Day always brings a little welcome relief as [...]
February 9, 2016 0 Light Painting fun The other day I was just recalling that back in Scotland, by somewhere around mid-Feb, I was well and truly [...]
February 2, 2016 6 Multiply Your (hongbao) Money! Chinese New Year is just around the corner and Miss Chu uses a little magic to make sure she’ll get the [...]