Articles by: angelasommers

Little treasures in the garden

Little treasures in the garden

Although Dr. Tae Yun Kim’s garden abounds with roses (more than 1,500 bushes to be exact), star-gazer lilies, and other well known and highly cultivated garden plants, there are also other gems that are a delight for eye, nose, and spirit. These little garden...
Works of art in the kitchen

Works of art in the kitchen

Sometimes the most plain dishes can turn out to be culinary and artistic pleasures.  I got really lucky the past couple times it was my turn to make dessert (well, uhm, that’s pretty much any time we got pot luck at the office or at Jung Suwon). Dr. Tae Yun Kim...
The Fruits of labor in the garden

The Fruits of labor in the garden

It seemed like yesterday that Dr. Tae Yun Kim walked me through her garden, and stopped at the plum-tree with the miniature plums on it, the ones I couldn’t see.  Those: Yesterday, Dr. Dr. Tae Yun Kim once again showed me that same tree.  But what a difference! ...
Beauty in the Kitchen

Beauty in the Kitchen

We always have choices, as Dr. Tae Yun Kim likes to point out. “The power is in you, it is your personal choice what you do in your life!” It’s just that sometimes those choices aren’t quite what we want!  Yet in the end, they might be just...
Life can be a bed of roses

Life can be a bed of roses

Today, Dr. Tae Yun Kim invited me into her garden.  It is absolutely beautiful any time of year, but especially during summer, when the thousands (yes, that’s right, thousands) of roses in all kinds of colors and sizes) are in full bloom and the entire garden...