A Little Daily Dose was featured in Hoodline today 🙂
Learning Chinese together (with an Englishman)
On our first date, at a foot-massage parlor in Dali Ancient Town, Jon learned how to read and say his first…
Book delivery!
We made a tote bag to carry our books to the stores #alittledailydose Swing by these bookstores if you are…
Self-publishing: raising the fund
After two years of writing, visualising and sharing the hand-sewn version of A Little Daily Dose with friends who were…
Hermes Creative Awards 2019
Great news! A Little Daily Dose is a platinum winner of Hermes Creative Awards 2019. We are thrilled to find our…
Happy SanFranniversary
Two fruitful years of writing, drawing and creating in San Francisco. I love our Inner Richmond neighborhood so much that…
Work in progress…
Our table of content is looking pretty good after many weeks of fine-tuning. Although there are still many pending issues,…
Learning a new language
As @jdlrobson learn #chinese , I learn to #edit and #write in #wiki#language I’m fascinated that by remembering all the #patterns of # ## * [ ] ( )…
W-o-m-e-n
Try typing w-o-m-e-n with Chinese input methods and you’ll arrive at the word for #We / #Us – #我们 – which literally means the…
Reunion
Reunion 团圆 <Group circular> Chinese compound words are commonly doubled as a form of well-wishing, seemingly to express good things…
Highest point in San Francisco
Mountain beyond mountains 山外有山 <Mountain and beyond exist mountain(s)> – this Chinese expression is often used to mean “there is always a…
The sun is out!
阳光灿烂(的)日子
Can you feel our excitement?
Today a parcel arrived from Shanghai. It has to be it has to be it has to be…… our book…
A Little Daily Dose: The Beginning
Somewhere in 2017, I started creating bilingual short stories for Jon. The idea of reading in English and picking up…
[伴] Partner / Accompany
Partner / Accompany 伴Keep someone company 陪伴 Companion 同伴 <Together partner> Spouse 老伴 <Good old partner> Bridesmaid 伴娘 <Accompany the young…
[你] You
Bet 你 already know: Hello 你好 <You good>Miss you 想你 <Think of you> Love you 爱你You are my world 你是我的全世界… Side…
[慢] Over time
Slowly / Gradually 慢慢 <Slow slow> Eat slowly 慢慢吃 <Slow slow eat> Speak slowly 慢慢说 <Slow slow say> Gradually growing up 慢慢长大 <Slow slow…
[慢] Slow
Slow 慢 Jog 慢跑 <Slow run> Simmer 慢火 <Slow fire> Slow dance 慢舞 Characters with {忄Heart Radical} are often associated with one’s…