Every year, I receive a star word that helps me making meaning out of my year. [1] This year, my star word was endurance. On what turned out to be a terrible hike up Cliff Mountain, life-saving endurance came in the form of love. On January 20, the night before Matthew and I hiked CliffContinue reading “The Heart of Endurance: The Ice Cliffs of Cliff Mountain”
Monthly Archives: January 2021
Life in Winter (3 of 3)
“I want to find the pecan tree,” I tell C, “even if we cannot find it today. I read that one lives among the hickories.” That desire leads us to the hickory stand. After finishing our ice cream, we resisted the temptation of the restaurant selling ramen and trekked straight down Centre Street back intoContinue reading “Life in Winter (3 of 3)”
Life in Winter (2 of 3)
We shift our goal to obtaining ice cream. Crossing heavy traffic, C and I dutifully make our way to J.P. Licks. After intense deliberation, I order two scoops of dairy-free peanut butter lace covered by a shot of decaf expresso. C orders a sundae with hot fudge over bourbon praline fig ice cream. Outside, weContinue reading “Life in Winter (2 of 3)”
Life in Winter (1 of 3)
I spot C: masked with freshly dyed lavender-pink hair framing their face. Closing the distance, C hands me a Christmas gift bag. Gingerly, I part the green tissue paper to reveal a pair of socks. On the socks, a person stands outside a tent underneath the words: inside sucks. Now, the indoors do not stink.Continue reading “Life in Winter (1 of 3)”
My 35th Birthday
As I enter into the cusp of middle age this year (just turned 35), I don’t want to waste the minutes, hours, days of my life anymore. Things still feel impossible to me, like tackling unending weeds in every corner of my yard, sorting through the piles of stuff accumulated over the years, ending systemicContinue reading “My 35th Birthday”
Joy of the Journey 