Tonight is our celebration of Lunar New Year, which is the start of the new year in some, but not all, Asian countries, including China, Vietnam, and Korea. It is the biggest holiday in China, which is the most populous country in the world, so it’s a pretty big deal. It is a week-long holiday … More Welcome to the Year of the Yin Green Wood Snake
“过年好！” (Guònián hǎo!). According to the Internet, that means Happy New Year in some variety of the Chinese languages, although I don’t know if that is true. If not, those in the know please correct me. This Wednesday, January 29, is the Chinese Lunar New Year. Now, there are several other Asian New Years coming, … More Motivational Music Monday: Lunar New Year Edition-A Million Possibilities
Watch the video below of some of the National Zoo’s newest residents demonstrating their advice for dealing with yesterday’s 5+ inches of snowfall in the biggest snow storm Washington DC has had since 2019… Just roll with it…. (click there for another link) If you aren’t familiar with the newest giant pandas to come live … More Looking for Inspiration for How to Handle an Epic Snowstorm?
That is a selection of the food I bought Saturday morning at the Cary Downtown Farmers Market (CDFM) for our Fourth of July holiday weekend meals. Doesn’t it all look enticing? We are getting into the season of plenty at our local Farmers Markets, so you should check it out. Towards the end of last … More A Diverse Fusion Fourth of July Feast
Last night was the Lunar New Year, and so here we are in the Year of the Ox! My son had quite an evening of it all. It turned out that his college had a two-and-a-half hour Zoom Lunar New Year festival right before his radio show, which featured two hours of pan-Asian music. Because … More Welcome to the Year of the Ox
Although it’s a short month, February is full of holidays. The way the calendar falls this year, many of them seem packed together more closely than usual. I’m already behind on reporting about my celebration efforts to date. However, I’ll begin with yesterday’s Meatless Monday meal in honor of the Lunar New Year, usually called … More Meatless Monday: Chinese New Year Edition
If I had to pick two men who are guaranteed to make me laugh, I would say one is the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, and another is John Oliver, the host of late night political satire show, Last Week Tonight. So … More Laughing With the Dalai Lama
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