
Image by Franz Amador
Back in the fall, I was in Port Townsend for the “Close to Home” workshop with Stuart Sipahigil and Ray Ketcham. There I spent some time with old friends, Ellie and Dorothy, and had a chance to meet one of my blog readers, Franz Amador. Read More

Two years after returning from my African safari, my sister requested a large canvas for a big wall space. Finally a piece of my work that would hang in her beautifully decorated home Read More

Bao bei directly translated means “my darling”. As long as I can remember I’ve loved these buns. The version I had as a child Read More

The strangest stores in Chinatown have always been places where you buy dehydrated or preserved foods–at least to me because other than a couple of remedies for bruises and sore throats Read More

The Year of the Water Dragon is here and with it comes the traditional celebrations and family gatherings. On the weekend I headed down to Vancouver’s Chinatown Read More