October 13, 2025 By Maria The moon is supposed to be especially beautiful on the Mid-Autumn festival which was celebrated on October 6th this year. It’s the Asian harvest holiday and a time for reflection and gratitude very much like our American Thanksgiving. In our house, as usual, life happened. That weekend things definitely didn’tContinue reading “Mid-Autumn Moments”
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Stories and Mooncakes: The Lady in the Moon
October 7, 2024 By Maria Here I am continuing my Mid-Autumn Festival short series. As I described in my previous post, the Mid-Autumn Festival is an Asian harvest holiday of family togetherness. The books I write about here center on the myths surrounding the festival. In Chinese Mid-Autumn celebrations, the myth of Chang’e and HouContinue reading “Stories and Mooncakes: The Lady in the Moon”
Stories and Mooncakes
September 30, 2024 by Maria The Mid-Autumn Festival is an Asian harvest time celebration of gratitude and family togetherness. The author, Grace Lin, describes this holiday as an Asian Thanksgiving. My husband is Asian American, and I love learning more about Chinese culture and sharing that enthusiasm with my kids. Today I’m sharing some booksContinue reading “Stories and Mooncakes”
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