of us gathered here to celebrate the partial reactivation of our phones as well as our son’s upcoming job interview with a national franchise. Ki-Tek tries to deliver a heartfelt speech like a TV patriarch but severely lacks the gravitas. Chung-Sook and Ki-Jung are already drinking their...
We are being woken up by a need to think about something that we have assiduously been ignoring...
You get most of your deep sleep earlier in the night, as periods in this stage grow shorter towards the morning, suggesting it’s one of the first things your brain wants to achieve after your head hits the pillow. You might spend more time in deep sleep if you’ve recently been sleep...
*Playing Spinners with her and the kids one evening this fall. A helper came to get her for dinner before we were done, and she balked until I assured her the kids and I would come back afterward. We dutifully arrived to finish our game an hour or so later to find that Gramma had ...
I don’t even know where to begin. This is the first time that I’ve written a letter to people who are no longer living on earth. It’s a strange practice. You’ll probably never read this, but maybe one day when I get to heaven, the three of us can all sit down and chat....
Tweet If you’re anything like me – well, first of all, I’m sorry everything turned out this way. Second of all, you are probably well-acquainted with the psychological turmoil involved with trying to get out of bed every morning. You may have moderate
I’m woken by a blast of cold air. I sit bolt upright. That’s not right. The tent is never cold. I mean, never, not even in the depths of winter with snow piled up knee-deep outside. The rain drums so hard on the roof, it’s like the Sky Spirits are pelting us with ...
none of it is real. The world is rational; it obeys certain rules. They hold this truth like shield against the swoop in their bellies every time the Magician falls and gets back up again. None would dare admit out loud that deep down, a tiny part of them desperately wants to believe...
No, we don’t have to describe every character. In fact, we don’t always have to describe the main character. The key is how much time readers will spend with that character, because description is an investment that only pays off if the character is featured later. ...
There is always something magical about going to a cinema in a foreign land. Never did I feel that more than on a hot and balmy August night in the mid 1970’s when I first saw the film “Zorba the Greek” Now, I am not in the habit of seeing a movie when on holiday but I co...