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Rich, Fatty & Delicious - Red Braised Pork (Hong Shao Rou)

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Nov 13, 2009, 7:20 am
Another delicious dish from Cecelia Chiang’s cookbook—this time Hong Shao Rou, otherwise known as Red-Braised Pork, or Red-Cooked Pork. This rich and aromatic dish is a...
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Tearoom Quartet - Four small acrylic paintings

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Nov 11, 2009, 5:21 pm
As you would know, from checking out this blog previously, I really enjoy going to The Tearoom here in Savannah, having a pot of tea, sandwiches and something deliciously...
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Mongolian Lamb & Chinatown Market (Savannah, GA)

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Nov 8, 2009, 9:01 pm
I check out books on China regularly from our local library system, which is really simple to use—just go online with your library card, search around the system,...
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Covered in Thorns...a small peak into the heart of an artist

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Nov 6, 2009, 10:58 pm
Being an artist is wonderful and I feel extraordinarily blessed to have this Gift, and yet, it is also intensely frustrating as well. I know I have a Gift for creating beautiful...
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REAL Chinese Street Food (NO scorpions on a stick!)

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Nov 4, 2009, 8:04 am
I was watching a video on China not long ago which included “street foods”, and, invariably they showed the street markets at Wangfujing, filled with funky things...
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Halloween, Wicca, and a Pagan Wedding

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Nov 1, 2009, 4:33 pm
Many years ago, before my children were born, I studied Wicca, the craft of the Wise Ones, and became a High Priestess. Wicca is a form of white magic, usually in the Celtic...
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Gingerbread House Painting

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Oct 29, 2009, 1:41 am
Recently my friend MaryAnn and I were talking about new projects, and suggested that perhaps I should paint something related to Savannah, something historic. So, I chose...
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Halloween Craziness & Last Minute Costumes

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Oct 25, 2009, 8:28 am
On this weekend before Halloween, Raul and I were really struggling to find something interesting to wear, that we could afford AND that fit—leave it to Walmart to provide...
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A Birthday at the Tea Room

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Oct 21, 2009, 9:07 am
Monday was my mother’s 71st birthday, and she requested that her daughters and all the grandkids who could, come to The Tea Room in Savannah, to celebrate. I love this...
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A.T. Hun Gallery Show Irish Pearl & her Peruvian Pirate

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Oct 18, 2009, 5:54 am
Friday Night Raul & I went to A.T. Hun’s 20 Artist Gallery Show (sorry, no pics of artwork allowed by management), where the theme was favorite movies, and they...
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Adjunct to previous post on Foreign Adoptions

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Oct 14, 2009, 12:55 am
This is an addition to the previous post on foreign adoptions, where I mentioned the book, "China Ghosts" by the journalist Jeff Gammage. One of the themes of the entry was how...
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Missing my Hookah and Shisha, Beijing memories...

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Oct 13, 2009, 3:17 pm
Wandering through my old photos of my stay in Beijing, China, I came across one of me and my friend Karin (German/Austrian) at a favorite restaurant, 1001 Nights....
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Those Old-fashioned, fabulous Snickerdoodles!

Cheryl Solis Oct 13, 2009, 4:30 am
Just updated my blog--includes food, films, China, hookahs, adoptions, artwork and more--come take a look and leave comments! Thanks so much!!

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Some Thoughts on Adopted Children from Other Cultures

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Oct 9, 2009, 12:32 pm
I have been reading a book called “China Ghosts” about an American couple who adopt a little 2 year old Chinese girl, Jin Yu (Golden Jade) and their experiences and...
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3 Favorite Films by Zhang Yimou

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Oct 6, 2009, 6:24 am
I am a big fan of Chinese movies, and I don’t mean the kungfu sagas, but the ones that purport to show the lives of real Chinese people. The three films I review here are...
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Little Arabella Miller illustration & song

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Oct 3, 2009, 6:03 am
When I was teaching English in Beijing I often liked to teach the children fun songs in English and give them an illustration to help them remember the words. I found this...
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Two favorite Commissions--Invitation & Bookmark

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Sep 30, 2009, 5:52 pm
The following are two small works created for commissions which I would like to include here for your enjoyment. If you would like something similar done, please don’t...
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Those Old-fashioned, fabulous Snickerdoodles!

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Sep 28, 2009, 4:22 am
These last couple of weeks I have held a Bake Sale and Yard Sale to raise money for bills and such, and found that my Baked Goods were the best seller of all! I remember...
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Individual Faces Contest

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Sep 23, 2009, 7:48 am
It seems to me sometimes that many artists have a general face they draw over and over, whether it is of a loved one or simply some inner ideal of male or female beauty....
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Nanoprobes which can Reproduce like Cells

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Sep 22, 2009, 4:43 am
I was thinking this evening, after seeing a car commercial that mentioned nanotechnology, of the different uses to which nanoprobes can be put. Usually this takes the...
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3 Sweet Babies + the Faces Contest & Coupon

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Sep 20, 2009, 12:28 am
These three sweeties are from another sketchbook of mine, studies for watercolor portraits. I usually like to portray children busy doing something, not just sitting there...
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Sketchbook entries--Whimsical Children

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Sep 16, 2009, 7:30 am
This picture is from my most recent sketchbook, and was a way of working out an idea I had for children’s watercolor miniatures. The thought was, do these small, 5” X...
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A Note on Past Life Readings

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Sep 14, 2009, 6:39 am
When people get Past Life Readings from me, they are sometimes surprised, and even a little miffed, to find out that they have incarnated before as the opposite sex or...
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Newest Works Section is FINISHED + 2 MORE NEW Sections!

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Sep 13, 2009, 9:56 pm
OK, been working for days and finally got this last section of Angel Illuminations website finished--well, I will be adding other new pieces, but the main pages are done! To...
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Kathy Griffin and George Takei star in Kate is Enough: The Kate Gosselin Story

Cheryl Solis Sep 11, 2009, 1:30 am
OMG Totally loved it and had to share it on Facebook! Trekkies rejoice! All those girls who fantasized about Sulu should love this one!

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Merlin's Birthday, & a Short piece about the Man Himself

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Sep 10, 2009, 8:36 pm
On the 9th day of the 9th month in the year ’09, my son Merlin had his birthday party. Merlin was born a little after the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hoshana. I always felt this...
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Nostalgic Noodles + Beijing Dives--Recipe included!

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Sep 8, 2009, 6:37 am
When the longing for Beijing gets to be too much, I start rustling around in the kitchen, seeing what I can cook up to remind me of tastes I encountered there. Recently,...
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Pasar Huevo, Ritual against the Evil Eye

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Sep 7, 2009, 2:15 am
This afternoon, while I was taking a break from the computer, I came in to the livingroom for a few minutes to sit with Raul while he was...
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Fun with Chinese characters

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Sep 4, 2009, 12:10 am
I’ve read a lot of books on China--novels, about the culture, about experiences of various Westerners who go there for myriad reasons-- and one of the things...
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Weird Leg Drawing--another sketchbook Entry

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Aug 31, 2009, 6:10 am
This is from a sketchbook I finished last year, and where it comes from, God only knows. I class it as a kind of unconscious doodle of sorts, in that I put pen to paper with...
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2 MIni-Paintings

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Aug 27, 2009, 5:42 pm
This Spring a friend of mine brought me a sample painting, of sorts, from a children's store here in town. It was an acrylic piece, on a 6" X 6" canvas--of a purse--very badly...
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Cultural Differences

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Aug 25, 2009, 2:23 am
Regarding cultural differences is something I dealt with a lot even before I went to Beijing for 3 years, and yet I still had much to learn when I arrived...
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Blue Lady

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Aug 20, 2009, 6:11 am
Looking back through old sketchbooks again and found my blue lady, as I called her. I scanned this in just before I went into the hospital and thought it came out nicely....
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Faces Old and New

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Aug 13, 2009, 6:03 pm
I was looking back over some old sketchbooks of mine and found something I wanted to post here. There are two images below--the first image is a group of faces, expressions...
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Sketchbook entries

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Aug 10, 2009, 8:41 pm
The two pieces below are from my most recent sketchbook--the kind of thing I do almost without thinking, almost like a doodle, I guess. When I'm not sure what to draw, and just...
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Yearning for the perfect cocktail...

Cheryl Solis posted an article on Reflections upon the Water - Aug 7, 2009, 3:00 am
Sometimes I just have these cravings for one of my favorite cocktails. I go for weeks with nothing stronger than an occasional beer—no problem. A rum & coke at...
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About Me

A Capricorn with Gemini Ascendant & a fiery Sagittarius Moon; a woman of deep Faith who is forever seeking her True Path; a bookworm who spends too many hours reading; a woman with a vivid imagination who has barely touched the surface of her dreams through her Art; the loving mother of an Angel-boy & a Fairy-girl who are now all grown-up; a fan of Tolkien & Bradbury & Isaac Bashevis Singer; a collector & admirer of many, many movies (just ask me!); a star-gazer, ocean-watcher, marshland dreamer; a Low-Country Girl who loves shrimp & oysters & the sight of a tall white egret against a sunset River; a Southern Lady with the Soul of a beautiful Chinese empress; a damned fine cook who loves to experiment with world cuisine; an adoring wife, a loving & wistful daughter, a lady who dreams of Beijing almost every day since she left...

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