by Charity Lee Jennings | Nov 1, 2018
Fall means one Thanksgiving, then another. That’s how I experience it here in my international community – Canadian Thanksgiving in October and American Thanksgiving in November. I’m glad. I need this reminder to be grateful. And it was just last fall while...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Oct 16, 2018
The woman behind me paced and ranted. “Tai man le, zhe ge lao wai.” I didn’t like it any more than she did. When I started this sketch I thought I was racing against time – five minutes, maybe ten to capture this display of chops, but over an hour later, when I...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Oct 10, 2018
Homeschooling high schoolers is hard. “They can work more independently,” I hear, as though the difficult days are behind. While they often get through lessons without help from me, the new skills they must learn: writing research papers, meeting deadlines, stretches...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Oct 3, 2018
After all this time in China, I have yet to acquire a taste for mooncakes. It’s not surprising, I guess. I asked a Chinese friend if she liked them and she said, “they’re too heavy and oily. I just take a nibble to celebrate mid-autumn festival and remember what China...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Sep 26, 2018
I’m full of ideas of places to draw to capture the scenes around me, but now, with the start of our homeschool year, I’m stuck inside. I know we’ll get into routines and I’ll be able to slip out, at times, but until then I have to be content with drawing from...
