Tag: Edward

Amid World War II in 1942, Edward Hopper painted one of his most celebrated masterpieces,“Nighthawks”. A rectangular 5-foot wide canvas presents a corner diner in an urban environment frozen in the dark hours of the night, a scene lit by ceiling-mounted fluorescents eclipsed by a long li...

I finally am getting around to writing about the Ospreys we observed on a nesting platform near our hotel. I was able to add this majestic bird to my life list fairly easily. I even brought my binoculars and digital camera with me on this wonderful Summer trip. Welcome back. Here is yet another a...

It’s not until the time when I went to the United States for my master’s degree that I found “Edward” to be, well, accommodating. My official name in Mandarin is “世強”, or “Shih-Chiang” as shown on my passport. The truth is, the English version soun...