by Charity Lee Jennings | Feb 6, 2018
Pristine snow stretching through the distance, and the flutter of intricate flakes – today, a Canadian winter sounds inviting. Today, I woke to a thermometer that read 9 degrees celsius. No, not outside – the thermometer is at my bedside. I...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Oct 25, 2017
Sorry, nothing in me wants to get a new “do” at Random Hair. I imagine a guy with a huge pair of scissors thinking, “I’ll cut a chunk here, sure – how about another chunk there? Yeah, why not. I’ve never tried anything quite like this before.” As I walk...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Sep 13, 2017
Walking by the canal, a fire catches my eye. At first sight one might think the sweet-looking elderly couple is enjoying a bonfire. But as my walk down the canal leads me closer, I know they are worshipping their ancestors. The seventh month of the lunar...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jun 27, 2017
What? You wanted privacy? Not only could I see this girl getting her teeth worked on, as I walked by, but a screen caught my eye. It displayed a close-up of her molars! Thanks for the invite Noble Beauty Dental Clinic, but I’ll wait ’til we return...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jun 17, 2017
I’ve never seen a dragon boat race but I’ve joined many Chinese people in eating zongzi, a rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves, to remember the life of one of China’s greatest poets and scholars, Qu Yuan. Human nature hasn’t changed since the 3rd century BC. Qu...
