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Nicki Chen's Blog, page 19
September 9, 2018
A Sculpture Park that Honors Poets & Writers
She was the first sculpture we saw–this girl, frozen in the act of writing, her books and paper suspended in midair. Well, well, I thought. It looks like I’m going to like this sculpture park. I’d been past the park … Continue reading →
August 26, 2018
My Sunday Walk Habit
I’m not a morning person. If I were, I might take a walk every day before breakfast. Wouldn’t that be a nice habit to have? As it is, I go on walks when I can fit it in, usually in … Continue reading →
August 12, 2018
Could Ancestry Research Mix with a Beach Weekend?
An ancestry weekend? Two days of pouring over old documents and crumbling photos, of going down the rabbit hole of names and dates of people whose names I’ve never heard and locating them on our impossibly large and complex family … Continue reading →
July 29, 2018
Cloud Forest Plants in the Amazon Spheres
I’ve heard it suggested that the Amazon Spheres could become the new symbol of Seattle. Bye-bye Space Needle; hello Spheres. Hmm … I don’t know about that. At only 90 feet high, I seriously doubt the Spheres will become … Continue reading →
July 22, 2018
A Visit to the Amazon Spheres
I have mixed feelings about Amazon. I love the ease of shopping there. And now that I’ve joined Amazon Prime, the shipping is often free and very fast. Another advantage of Prime: Last week I watched A Very English Scandal, … Continue reading →
July 8, 2018
The Park
The other day I stopped by the City Park. We have several parks in town. The City Park is just one of them. Come to think of it, every town or city I know has at least one park. There … Continue reading →
June 24, 2018
I Used to Wear Dresses; Now I Wear Pants.
When I was a kid, I always wore a skirt or dress to school. In fact, it was against the rules for girls to wear pants. On a cold winter day we might wear knee socks, but usually we went … Continue reading →
June 10, 2018
A Lifelong Dedication to One Thing
I run into people at writers’ conferences all the time who say they’ve wanted to be a writer for as long as they can remember. And I think that must be a wonderful thing. They have a lifetime to work … Continue reading →
June 3, 2018
New Mexico Tales and Miracles
Having been a big fan of fairy tales when I was growing up, I find the intersection of ordinary life with the extraordinary immensely satisfying. Cinderella, for example, was just a sweet, simple girl who was mistreated by her stepmother. … Continue reading →
May 20, 2018
Traveling to Taos Pueblo in New Mexico
This May my oldest daughter and I had milestone birthdays. To celebrate them, all three of my daughters and I came up with the idea of a trip to someplace we’d never been before: New Mexico. Flying in from our … Continue reading →
