Typhoon winds and rains. Here now with my mother at my 4th Uncle's House in Ching Shui (Clean River) for a few days - my father's home town. Tomorrow a tour of the local sites hopefully - the elementary school where dad got into fights, the railway station, and if I'm lucky/sneak enough, entry into the tiny Japanese style house where all 9 siblings, and my grandmother and grandfather lived for many many years. The roof has since collapsed, the door is gone from the hinges, and on the last trip, I was forbidden entry. God knows what poisonous snakes live within...