Every morning, an elderly man pushes his frail wife in a wheelchair around our block. I am usually in a hurry, leaving the house for errands, when they walk by. There is usually nothing more than an exchange of warm greetings. Yesterday, the elderly man stopped and compliment our new car. “It’s a beautiful new […]
disturbed. After just finishing a mini tv series on human trafficking, I’m sick to my stomach and highly disturbed about the whole topic. I haven’t felt this anguished, indignant, frustrated, and powerless in a long time.. though my own feelings are nothing close to the pain and suffering of real victims. I can’t even begin […]
(Photo by Michael Warwick) Today, a friend and I planned to stop by the Ninth Annual SF Bay Area Peace Lantern Ceremony at the Berkeley Aquatic Park and have dinner together. On the way there, we missed our designated bus stop. The bus took us all the way to the Berkeley Marina and dropped us […]
When I sit next to a life sized chessboard and chess pieces, I have to wonder… can life be juxtaposed to such a game? Are we pawns and playing pieces that can think we are on top of the world, yet are only pieces affixed to a huge board game in the position of losing […]
I don’t like thinking about death. It kind of bugs me sometimes how death always intrigues me somehow, even when I don’t want it to. I, like most people, tend to be drawn to death in the news, feel solemn after hearing about a relative or friend’s death, or think very often about the fragility […]
The words “child” and “abuse” should never be put in the same phrase together. Can you really call yourself human if you make a child suffer, whether it is through bruises or emotional trauma? My mother didn’t always have the nicest child-rearing techniques, but at the end of the day, they helped me grow as […]
Periwinkle Raindrops and Puffs 