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As Chinese from Taiwan, Republic of China, being an immigrant has been an ongoing learning experience.  I have learned to express humor in my interaction with people and to make fun of myself.  American slangs, French and Spanish are always part of my learning.  Bringing a lawn chair to concerts and wearing Green Bay Packers outfit show my way of Americanization.  Thanks to the encouragement and invitations of many culturally interested people, I have been able to present the Chinese culture in various ways. American clogging dance has become my latest hobby.  It is truly enjoyable to dance to music from different countries. 

My great-grandparents immigrated from Poland, Germany and Ukraine (depending on what day you drew the border!).  Pysanky are eggs decorated in an ancient wax-resist method, using melted beeswax and a tool called a kistka (basically a small funnel on a stick).  Although many people call them Easter eggs, pysanky were made long before the countries of Eastern Europe adopted Christianity.  I learned to make pysanky through the Polish Heritage Society of Madison and have been doing it for over 40 years.   Although no one in my immediate family wrote eggs, I always admired them.  Once I learned how to do them, it felt so right to be making them.