

The Dream of the Red Chamber Book Club
I’m looking out the window of my quarters, the Writer-in-Residence suite, on the second floor of the college residence hall, watching the...
D.T.
Sep 10, 2022


The Anglicising of Lao Zou
Lao Zou, that’s me: Lao means “old” in Chinese, and Zou is my name, which rhymes with “go.” The idea of lao is quite different in China...
D.T.
Apr 27, 2022


The “People” Pencil Cases of Bruce 2nd
Bruce Lee Torizawa's studio in Kyoto’s Arashiyama district is a cornucopia of patterns, colours, fabrics, images and symbols. But no...
E.P.
Apr 5, 2022


Remembering Lao Wu
Spring flowers and autumn moons; When is it to end? How many past events Can one recall? …Let me enquire: How much sorrow? Like a river...
D.T.
Jul 29, 2020


Dinner Party
Last week, Friday evening, Linda and I went to a dinner, invited by a woman whom we hardly knew. It was one of those invitations to...
D.T.
May 19, 2019


An transforming encounter at the marae ātea
Ko Papatūānuku te whaea o te whenua – Papatūānuku is the earth mother As I enter the marae ātea , the sacred open space in the front...
A.G.
May 14, 2018


Life changing encounters on a tiny Pacific island
Magic may just be about connecting the dots… What else but magic would have transported me from suburban Brussels to a tiny desert island...
C.L.
Nov 27, 2017


Men in passing: in three short acts
Act one: A street encounter with manpower My small apartment on the outskirts of Tokyo was Spartan in its furnishing. All there was, when...
G.A.
Sep 24, 2017


Airport encounters: the Japan connection
October 2006 The sliding doors at Auckland Airport’s international arrivals terminal opened to let me out and into my new life in...
G.A.
Aug 12, 2017


Dr. H and her House
In Toronto in the 1970s, Colin and I started together in the Architecture school. He was about 18; I was much older, having attended...
D.T.
Jul 5, 2017