My Earthquake Bag

“921 earthquake: a 7.6 magnitude earthquake which occurred in Nantou Country, Taiwan on September 21, 1999. 2,415 deaths, 11,305 injuries. Second deadliest quake in recorded history of Taiwan.”   After surviving this tremor and its subsequent 12 thousand plus aftershocks over the next month, I decided to be better prepared for the next one.   After waking up in the …

You’re Clean

    After living in Asia for 20 years, I became quite accustomed to taking my shoes off before entering a home. We even had a “xie gui” outside our apartment door full of indoor slippers for guests.    The problem was that when I returned to America, I still wanted to slip out of my shoes in front of …