Christmas 2022

A Christmas card rather than the usual Chinese New Year message, for a change.

Rachel, John Jack and Naomi visited from NJ over CHristmas and we all went skiing in Vail, they downhill and me flat-lined. Jack's in 6th (math wiz), Naomi in 4th (flag football phenom), John with PCI Pharma and Rachel subbing frequently at Westmont Montessori where the kids attended (what would Teri think?). Meimei their bishan-shih tzu was Pet of the Month in their local weekly. Ben, Theresa, Flora and Juna. Flora is in a Mandarin pre-K planning on a Mandarin-immersion public school, Juna is a 2 y/o pistol (watch out), Ben is in his 2nd year as Emergency Medicine faculty at Denver Health and had a successful grants season for their gun violence prevention program. Theresa continues in the high tech industry in a new job. Jen, one of the main reasons I moved here, continues as Director of the Center of Humanities and the Arts at CU-Boulder, after an intense 2 years as a talking head on anti-Asian racism (NPR, CNN...) during COVID and as President of the Association for Asian American Studies. Matt her husband the Spanish major continues as a nurse in CLINICA a hispanic clinic. Chaucer their Corgie has recovered from repair of his torn ACL. For me continued academic activity (3rd Int'l Symposium on Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome), Tai Chi progress in Vancouver (learned Old Frame 2nd Routine), road biking, hiking Rocky Mtn Nat'l Park and traveling (Machi Picchu and Canada). I have a combination gallery (in honor of Dad) and Tai Chi studio and a backyard Zen rock garden based upon Ryoan-ji in Kyoto. May you have health and family,