by Charity Lee Jennings | Dec 28, 2016
It’s a simple looking thing. If you saw it in my home you might not give it a second glance. But I’m reminded it ranks high as kids quiet for the night and from the shelter of my room I hear water boiling and spoons tinkling. Brian is preparing two hot drinks to...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Dec 7, 2016
Have you read Falling Behind Parts 1 & 2? I wish the man behind me would wear headphones. He’s playing a game so loud it sounds like I’m in an arcade. The airline must be expecting that too, their announcements invade at a decibel level designed to be heard over a...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Oct 22, 2016
My latest find at the Bird and Flower Market – Air Plants “Mom, we’re out of hamster food.” “Then it’s off to the Bird and Flower Market.” A favourite stop. We’ve just returned from our three month tour of Canada and are getting settled in again. Leaving the cloudy...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Aug 30, 2016
Foxes have dens, and birds of the air have nests. I have said a tearful good-bye to our families and a nostalgic good-bye to my country. The airplane that I am seated on is filled with people, each with black hair and almond eyes. Canada is behind me, I am once again...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jun 12, 2016
If you can open your front door and step directly outside, you are more blessed than the millions of people that surround us in China. We step out into a tiny hallway that is shared with our neighbours, then into a crowded elevator, down to a maze of roads and narrow...
by Charity Lee Jennings | May 7, 2016
Peppermint tea – I’m out. I add it to the list I’ve been compiling for the past year titled, ‘To buy, in Canada’. I scan the list: chocolate chips, oven mitts, deodorant – decidedly ‘unchinese’ items. Thankfully I will be waiting only days to make these purchases, not...
