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·Nov 11, 2020

For a Daughter of Immigrants, American Soil Offers Plenty to Forage

How I learned to break through the green wall — As my family tromped through the hills east of Berkeley, green with abundance, I spotted the disk of a leaf, perched on a slender stem, delicate as a lady’s parasol: miner’s lettuce? I texted a photo to a naturalist friend to confirm my find. The excitement I felt at the…

Outdoors

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For a Daughter of Immigrants, American Soil Offers Plenty to Forage
For a Daughter of Immigrants, American Soil Offers Plenty to Forage
Outdoors

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ZORA

·Jun 10, 2019

How to Pick Up Anything

Learning to use chopsticks has brought me closer to my culture — My father handed me a folded slip of red paper. Printed inside were the instructions, saved from a recent restaurant excursion, for using chopsticks: Tuck under thumb and hold firmly. Add second chopstick, hold it as you hold a pencil. Hold first chopstick in original position, move the second one…

Food

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How to Pick Up Anything
How to Pick Up Anything
Food

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Nov 11, 2014

The Word for Home

This post is a proposal for Matter’s International Reporting Fellowship. Here’s how you vote: Scroll to the bottom of the story. If you don’t have a Medium account, click “share,” then click “Sign in to recommend this story.” Once you’ve created an account, you’ll see a heart-shaped “recommend” button below…

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The Word for Home
The Word for Home

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·Oct 31, 2014

All-Access Play

Designing more inclusive recreational spaces for kids —

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All-Access Play
All-Access Play

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·Sep 23, 2014

Building a Better

Baby Bottle The challenges of designing an object that replicates the human body — and what happens when you get close

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Building a Better Baby Bottle
Building a Better Baby Bottle

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Feb 23, 2014

Chinese Lessons

On Vows Broken and Remade — Long before I had children, I knew I wanted to raise them bilingually — even in the imperfect fashion in which I had my lessons, growing up. My grandmother, who only spoke Chinese, helped raise my brother and I. …

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Chinese Lessons
Chinese Lessons

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