Books: Fall 2024

** Editorial note: I wrote this post nearly a year ago (early 2025), but I never ended up posting it. I will be posting follow-up posts for 2025 books (spring and fall) over the next few months. I had an…

Year-In-Review: 2025

Well, it’s been another year! I’m growing increasingly fond of what seems to be a tradition of my parents’ generation, namely sending a Christmas/New Year letter reflecting on the past year. What are some interesting or important things that happened…

Introduction to Mandarin Chinese

***I recently found a blog post that I must have worked on while I was in China, but never finished and published! I publish it now for your reading pleasure!*** One of my favorite parts of living in this beautiful…

Naomi: Year 1

It has been helpfully suggested in some comments that more pictures would be helpful! Most of our pictures these days revolve around Naomi, so here are a few fun ones from the last year! (Yes, you too can help decide…