Green Grass Dichotomies
Green Grass Dichotomies I think if I let it, choices like this can consume me. Green Grass Dichotomies Friends, Well, the fall semester has begun. Here in...
Cuteness Immersion Program
Cuteness Immersion Program Friends, I have spent a good deal of the last month watching from the other side of the world as my friends and family have been...
Make Something New
Make Something New Friends, My picture this month is the view of Taipei 101 from a park near our apartment. The park is new, but soon it will be less new…...
It’s almost over / It’s just begun
It’s almost over / It’s just begun Friends, Pictured above is Taipei Fuhsing Private School, the place where I’ve spent the majority of my weekday waking...
The Swing of the Pendulum
The Swing of the Pendulum Friends, Well, the ubiquitous coronavirus has finally made its way to the shores of our isolated island. We’ve had three weeks now...
Part and Parcel
Part and Parcel Friends, I had two needles stuck in me this month! The first was in a gymnasium, which I think was a first from me, though I have… Part and...
A Bolt from the Blue
A Bolt from the Blue https://tinyletter.com/grahammoliver/letters/a-bolt-from-the-blue A Bolt from the Blue...
Before They Go
Before They Go Friends, Above is a picture of a meal in progress at a 熱炒 (rechao) restaurant, a very casual eating experience where you order way more…...
Inculcating Inoculation
Inculcating Inoculation Friends, Your picture this month comes from the patio of Taipei’s Cloud Gate Theater, the home of a modern dance company where we…...
A Clean, Quiet Place
A Clean, Quiet Place Friends, Taipei is the first city I’ve lived in the middle of. I’ve lived on the edges of Austin and Washington DC, far enough away… A...
Stressful Art in a Stressful World
Stressful Art in a Stressful World Friends, Stressful Art in a Stressful World Friends, The attached photo is of a tree farm growing Ali Shan Oolong Tea....
Hello from the Net Road
Hello from the Net Road Friends, Hello from the Net Road Friends, The assorted succulents above, pictured foregrounding a typical summer afternoon Taipei...
August and Everything After
August and Everything After Friends, August and Everything After Friends, I feel like a complete jerk to be taunting you like this, but part of the writing...
Outside the Pandemic, Mostly
Outside the Pandemic, Mostly Friends, Outside the Pandemic, Mostly Friends, June 12 marked the one year anniversary of this odd chapter in our lives of...
A Reader
A Reader Friends, A Reader Friends, There are always more important things to do than read my newsletter, and I am eternally grateful that you continue to do...
Add Oil
Add Oil Friends, Add Oil Friends, It’s been a rough week! I’ve been regularly working out for the first time in a long time, and work has been very stressful...
Have You Eaten?
Have You Eaten? Friends, At our school, the elementary classrooms are on the lowest floors, then middle school in the middle, and finally high school… Have...
Peer Pressure and Hidden Elevators
Peer Pressure and Hidden Elevators Friends, Boy do I look silly with my flippant last newsletter painting Taiwan (and the world at large) as a land of...
“being treated in isolation”
“being treated in isolation” A found poem using phrases from the Taiwan CDC’s press releases about the coronavirus outbreak. “being treated in isolation” A...
Happy New Year, 红包拿来
Happy New Year, 红包拿来 Friends, Happy New Year, 红包拿来 Friends, You get bonus pictures because it’s the new year and my birthday. A gift. Three images covering...