Pamela Pan, Ph.D.
pamelapan.bsky.social
Pamela Pan, Ph.D.
@pamelapan.bsky.social
Writer of fiction and nonfiction. Professor of English.
I play Tai Chi in spare time and wrote a poem about it. Our team leader sent it to the grandson of the founder of Yang Family Tai Chi Association. Now my poem is published in the international association’s newsletter.
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July 5, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Language is rich, and malleable. It is a living, vibrant material, and every part of a poem works in conjunction with every other part – the content, the pace, the diction, the rhythm, the tone – as well as the very sliding, floating, thumping, rapping sounds of it.— Mary Oliver.
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June 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM
“The idea of retirement never occurred to the Okinawa peasant.”This keeping of traditional roles are very important for people’s longevity in Okinawa. “A sudden loss of a person’s traditional role can have a measurable effect on morality.”— The Blue Zone by Dan Buettner longevity #health #longevity
May 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM