Tag: national palace museum

  • I’m reading: The Far-Reaching Fragrance  of Tea

    I’m reading: The Far-Reaching Fragrance of Tea

    It is possible to debate whether you love tea or coffee more, and find very different and personal reasons to love both – as author Candace Rardon beautifully shares here and here. Personally some of my fondest childhood memories are of seeing black tea prepared from loose leaves kept in a reused tin box. Tea…

  • I’m reading: Imperial Taste The Beauty of Painting

    I’m reading: Imperial Taste The Beauty of Painting

    If you have dropped by my site before you have likely learned (at least) two things about me. One, that I am a keen admirer of Asian literature and art. Two, that I have been learning ink painting for nearly two years now. Though I am learning in the Japanese style, ink painting’s origins go back…