On loneliness and love

  I rushed home after work to exercise before it was time to cook dinner. On my walk, I talked to a friend and the conversation shifted to loneliness and how it feels when friends and lists are not filling up our time, leaving us ragged. It seems everyone is too busy, too tired, too maxed out-but […]

a furious love

Rainstorm

The sky turned black within seconds. We sat perched by the doorway of a muggy noodle shack, watching the tanned Asian faces stir the big steaming pots that rested on the floor. The storm was coming, my friend, “Small Moon”, told me and we weren’t going to make it home before it hit. So we continued […]

Moving Abroad, Chicken Feet, and Lifelong Friendships

Travel Stories Prodigal Magazine

Today, I am part of a blog tour for Prodigal Magazine called Travel Stories. If you are visiting my blog for the first time, welcome! I do hope you enjoy your time here and stay awhile. For my regular readers, you might recognize my story of moving to China. I stepped off the plane, my head […]