Paris

Matthew, Jenn, Gayook, Wong Dr. Jeff Cody

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…

View from Rue de Regnard where Liu Jipiao lived in Paris as a student.

My Father’s Paris Home

Once again, Paris has been and continues to be, for me, a place where dreams come true, even dreams that I didn’t know I had. Personal and professional, researching my father’s work, meld together in one steady stream of life.

Gayook and Liu Jipaio in NYC

Reflections of Paris and Father

It’s early morning, the day after the conference, and I can’t sleep. I woke up in the dark, feeling emotionally raw as I gaze outside my bedroom window at the Paris rooftops, waiting for the dawn to come.  I reflect on and attempt to allow my mind, body and spirit to absorb the very personal…

1925 Paris Expo Chinese Display Entry designed by Liu Jipiao

Paris Bound!

So my family and I are Paris bound! I can’t believe that by the time you read this, we will be there. When we started researching Gong’s work (I call him Gong gong meaning “mother’s father”) we thought that eventually we should travel to Paris to research his life there, follow in his footsteps.  We…

Paris 1920's

My Return to Paris

As I get ready to leave for Paris, I am remembering the first time I went. It was in the Fall of 1995, after my first bout with cancer. And, here I am about to go again, shortly after my second bout.  What is it about Paris that is so alive for me, especially after…

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