莱镇人文创刊一周年——编辑部的故事

Pisces is the mother of three children and a two-time Boston Marathon runner. She is particularly fond of the famous line in Haruki Murakami's What Do I Talk About When I Talk about Running memoir: “All I do is run in the comfortable emptiness and nostalgic silence I concoct.  It is a wonderful thing, no matter what others say.”  Running alone and talking to herself, either thinking quietly or letting go, is the source of inspiration for Pisces’ creativity.

She is the Editor-In-Chief of CAAL’s blog, has established four columns including “CAAL monthly Newsletter," “Discover Lexington,” “Lexington Happenings,” and “Daily Hub - Ask the Expert” with her team.

Elizabeth Xu, who was born in the late 1960s, considers her generation to be the luckiest in this century.  She received her PhD during her tenure as a staff scientist at the Genetics Institute (now Pfizer).  She also has a master's degree in computer science and is now an architect in the software industry.  She enjoys reading, traveling, and gardening, and works as a journalist and freelance writer. 

Leo Yuan graduated from Wuhan University, had been living in the United States for 25 years, working in software and graphics areas. Li has 15 years of photography and graphic design experience,  working with companies and organizations on posters, flyers, logos, and periodicals.

Ashley Rooney has always been a writer. Originally, she began writing proposals for energy consultants; then she turned to working with youth. Some years ago, she began writing for newspapers and authoring books on art, architecture, and ghosts! She has lived and volunteered in Lexington since 1972.   

Anne Lee was born and raised in Switzerland. She moved to Lexington in 1995. Anne co-authored four books with her friend Ashley Rooney, Encaustic Art in the 21st Century (2015); Artistry in Fiber: Wall Art; Artistry in Fiber: Sculpture; and Artistry in Fiber: Wearable Art (2017). Anne has been a member of the Lexington Field and Garden Club since 2013 and served as co-president. She has been on the board of Lexington Historical Society since 2001, planning, organizing, and marketing events as Programs and Events Chair. She will become President in April 2022.

Since its inception, “Discover Lexington” has received many positive responses from our audience, both Chinese and English, and especially from our young readers. Many ively Lexingtonians walked into the hearts and minds of readers thanks to our vivid interviews. Each featured person, old or young, artistic or scientific, progressive or conservative,  serious or humorous, has a unique spectrum and color. Together, they form a beautiful rainbow bridge that is humanity. At this one year anniversary, we invited our young readers and special guest painters to make sketches of  our special interviewees. Through its interactions with readers and contributors, “Discover Lexington” has grown into its unique style. 

 Alicia Mo is an eighth grader from Boston Latin 

School. She has enjoyed drawing since a young 

age, so she started drawing seriously in 3rd 

grade. Her drawing are the 1st & 5th Issue.

 Yang Liu is 15 years old and is in his sophmore 

year at  LHS. He has been drawing for over 10

years. His drawing are the 2nd, 4th & 7th Issue.

 Angie Zhang is a 9th grader at Lexington high 

school. She enjoys drawing and has been 

drawing since kindergarten. Her drawing are 

the 6th & the 10th issue. 

 Emily Kuang is a 9th grade student at LHS. She 

enjoys drawing and has been seriously drawing 

for 3 years. Her drawing is the 9th issue.

Shirley Sun is a junior at Bedford High School. 

In her spare time, she enjoys drawing and 

baking. Her drawing are  the 12th & 13th 

issue.

 Alice Ma is an eighth grader at Jonas Clarke 

Middle School. She likes drawing and painting 

and has been taking art classes at Luckie Art 

Studio for seven years. Her drawing is the 

3th issue.

Zheng Yue graduated from the Nanjing University of the Arts (NUA), with major in Art Design. After graduation, she became an art teacher at the NUA High School, and later a senior art teacher at the Ning Hai High School, a school affiliated with the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University. After coming to the United States, Zheng Yue founded the Luckie Art Studio in 2006.  Over the years, hundreds of students from the Luckie Art Studio have won awards in international and national art competitions. Zheng Yue herself has won many international and national awards for her excellence in tutoring. 

Li Hai (Haydn) is an 886 alumnus of the University of Science and Technology of China. A senior executive of a financial company, he has studied and worked in China, Europe, and the United States. He loves traveling, climbing, reading, and photography, and recently studied drawing in his spare time.  The featured person in the eighth and eleventh issues are his works.

 The first interview was arranged in the back garden of Ashley's house. Talking with Ashley is pure joy, like tasting fine wine and basking in the spring breeze. Ashley built the first bridge for “Discover Lexington.”

In Anne's living room, together with her friend Ashley, we talked about their longtime friendship, and their many years collaborating，writing books, participating in community organizations, and volunteering. Starting from our second interview with Anne, “Discover Lexington” became bilingual with both Chinese and English versions. Anne even undertook a lot of the editing tasks for the English edition, making the magazine a two-way bridge.

Three like-minded friends, Catherine, Jinling and Elizabeth, joined their efforts to fight the pandemic. Throughout the interview, Catherine conveyed her idea of getting along with people of different ethic groups through common understanding and mutual respect. 

Lexington’s Hayden ice skating rink has accompanied Anna's growth, family life and career. Thus Anna has a unique affection and soft spot for Hayden. Our cover photo for the issue deliberately chose it as the site. Photographer Yuan Li carefully selected a special angle, so that Hayden’s name was perfectly presented behind Anna as a background.

On Ashley’s 80th birthday, the editorial department gathered at her home. Pisces used Japanese origami paper to fold 80 sheep to form this happy birthday picture, Blessing Ashley of Capricorn!

On Christina’s 80th birthday, this cover of "Discover Lexington" and the blessing from the editorial department apparently touched Christina’s heart. She sent copies to each of her children!

The LexArt Gallery named after Molly Nye officially held its opening ceremony a few months after the “Discover Lexington” interview. Joe, Molly, and their three outstanding sons all attended the ceremony. Molly has many resounding titles, but her favorite is the "Mother of Three Children.”

The 13th issue on Sophia and Larry Ho was successfully completed after two interviews. Professor Ho and his wife were initially interviewed by Sunny and Pisces. After that, Elizabeth conducted another in-depth interview with the couple and especially Ms. Sophia Ho. The writeup for both interviews were cleverly interspersed and the manuscript carefully edited by Ruixi and Pisces.