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The Little Forktail (Enicurus scouleri)
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The Taroko Gorge Arrival
The two-hour express train journey from Taipei Main Station via the Mountain Line as it emerges and hugs the north-eastern coast into Hualien City is followed by an hour long bus-ride into Tianxiang village deep within the Taroko Gorge National Park. Here the slide-show reveals the kaleidoscope of the mellowing and deepening colors of the…
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The Jiufen Snack Excursion
Jiufen is a small disused gold mining town in northern Taiwan, approximately 90 minutes east of Taipei by train and bus.
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The Dwarf Peacock – Caesalpinia pulcherrima II
How tiny and delicate, this pink peacock flower is as it soak in the verdent garden air, after a tropical downpour. The raindrops linger for as long as possible, clinging to life for as long as they can, before their inevitable recycle into the void of the metaphysical. Eternal has been brought into the Present…
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Momijigari – Viewing the Fall Colours of Japan
The Japanese enjoy the colors of autumn like no others. Here, amidst the slender trees and the autumn forests of the valleys and hills of Takao in northern Kyoto, visitors stop for a hot udon meal on their way up to the Jingo-ji temple. A missed stopped for an intended visit to Roanji Temple brought…
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The South Garden
The South Garden offers great joy and peace because it is a garden we seldom explore in a microscopic way, but takes in on occasions its seemingly endless capacity for growth and sustenance, supporting the flora and fauna that comes to participate in its life. It is an incidental place – of blue skies…
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A Pastoral Interlude in the Nature Reserves – 10.5 Km and 51 Years
You don’t have to finish First; You just have to finish Together
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This is Busan, Korea
These photos, taken over two seasons in Spring, of the coastal city in the southern tip of South Korea is a wonderful reminder of the rhythm of the city as the seasons pace themselves through the year. Busan is neither metropolis nor a village, and its roots as a seaport is revealed by the dotted…
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The Dwarf Peacock – Caesalpinia pulcherrima I
The Caesalpinia pulcherrima or Dwarf Peacock never fails to delight the parakeets as they harvest the pods and seeds. While the strict gardener will remove the pods to preserve the beauty of the bushy canopy and profuse flowers, I will leave the pods for the birds as they noisily munch on the seeds and scatter…
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On Silence in Conversations
1 There is a bad time to rebuke someone. Those who keep silent are the prudent ones. 2 How much better to investigate than to be angry! 3 And those who confess openly will be kept from loss. 4 Like eunuchs desiring to violate a girl, so are those who make decisions by force. 5…