As a Third Generation Chinese American, I felt a responsibility to collect the stories of my clan because there were not many books from the inside of a Chinese immigrant family. The first book was Inside the Oy Quong Laundry, my mother’s memoir. My mother was reluctant to tell more
Awhile ago, I spoke with a woman who said she had a hearing dog. Actually, she had purchased a Golden retriever puppy and now had a very nice pet who helped alert her in some ways. She told me a woman had offered to train the dog for her for
They’re still in progress. I’m waiting to get the Foreword back from a dear friend of my dad’s. Then “Eternal River, Vol. III” will go through another full edit before being sent off to Heidi Thomas, a writer and professional editor I met at Women Writing the West many years
There was a full house at the Main Street Gallery where three of us with dogs from Guide Dogs for the Blind shared what life was like with these special canines. We were there to celebrate my latest book, A Gift of Puppies, and Shelby Posada, Director of the Lake
Today, my little black Labrador is 5. She still looks like a puppy. I’ve been told that Labs have puppy brains till they’re almost old. That’s probably a good thing. She’s still excited every morning to see what’s outside. We walk the same street she’s traversed for the past 3