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  • Huajen

    Huajen

    Hua originally meant ‘flowery’ and ‘magnificent….’ The ancient Chinese were called huajen by their neighbors because their dress was magnificent, made of silk and fine tulle. But I think that’s not the only reason. The Chinese are like wildflowers, and they will survive and make joy wherever they go. A fire may burn away every…

  • Love

    Love

    Perhaps the blazing, all-consuming passion I had known…was the headiness of a first love, suffused with the foolish innocence that nothing could tear us apart. For those that came after, one tread a little slower, a little warier – after hearts had been bruised and promises broken. And perhaps, the growing warmth of my feelings…was…