About Liu
Handed Down from Father to Daughter
I ended the last blog by saying that searching my father’s life and work has given me the “gift of doing something with others that I most love to do – travel!” After Jenn read the blog (Jenn reads and edits all my blogs), she comments, “Mom, do you realize that you got your love…
Exciting News!
We have exciting news! This past week, our friend Jeff Cody returned from Paris where he picked up our first purchase of Liu’s work. We find it fitting because about a year and a half ago we met Jeff at the Getty Institute, Los Angeles.
Friends Old and New…
Thanks to friends old and new.. Just last week our friend Kenneth Klein from the USC East Asian Studies Library was visiting.
Happy Birthday Baba!
Happy Birthday Baba! My father, Liu Jipiao, 刘既漂 was born on June 4th, 1900! In thinking about what to write on his birthday, buried memories of the good times we had arose.
My First View of Our Nanjing House
My first time and only time back in China since leaving in 1947 was in November of 1985. almost three decades ago. As it was then, it is once again my father’s work that’s calling my children and me back to China.
Following the Bread Crumbs
Again, I am in awe at how all events are converging, how each juncture seems to lead us to the next. It is almost like the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale where they dropped bread crumbs so they could find their way back.
Lyon Library Research Results
Well we’ve been back for about a month now…has it really been that long?? We’ve been able to get back into the swing of things here in LA but we really miss Paris!
Paris Journal Update (Week 2)
We’re all feeling better so as promised, here’s the continuation of our Paris Journal Update (Week 2), a quick run down of our second week in Paris:
Paris Journal Update (Week 1)
Well I promised updates and some of you have read my mother’s blog so you know some of what has been going on in Paris. We flew home safely this week and all immediately got sick and are still recovering! But here’s our Paris Journal Update, a quick run down of our first week in…