Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about creativity and what it means to be creative. A while back, I read Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic, and it was such an inspiring book. Gilbert believes that everyone is creative and that everyone is capable of creating. She also believes that fear holds a lot of people back […]
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Big Magic – Book Review
Goodreads Summary: Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration and empowerment from Elizabeth Gilbert’s books for years. Now this beloved author digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity. With profound empathy and radiant generosity, she offers potent insights into the mysterious nature […]
Lost in a Book Tag
This is a fun little tag that my friend Naomi did. I’m going to do it! Feel free to do it yourself, but I won’t tag anyone. Do you have a certain place at home for reading? I have a really nice chair from IKEA upstairs in the space I made my library. Sometimes I’ll go […]
The Audience Can’t Tell
Whenever I’m knitting and I make a small (and sometimes big) mistake, I try to fix it if it won’t take up too much time or energy. If it will, though, and the mistake isn’t going to bother me too much, I’ll let it go. Why? Because most people can’t tell. Unless you know the […]
Pajama Day
My mom and I have a word for the kind of day where you plan to stay in and get some much needed rest: A Pajama Day. The past few weeks have been so stressful at work, and this is the last week of my current graduate school class, so I had a huge paper […]
The Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award
Wow, I was nominated for the Sisterhood of the World Blogging Award, which is another one of those ‘pass it along’ blog awards, allowing bloggers to connect to one another and answer questions they might not ever answer in regular posts. Thanks so much to Alice from Kiwi in Korea for nominating me! She asked […]
Expectations, Changes, and the Road Ahead
Confession: I struggle with insomnia. I consider myself a night owl, so when I get in bed and I’m not completely exhausted, my thoughts usually swirl in my head until the wee hours, making it impossible to sleep. Recently I had stomach pain that made it hard for me to fall asleep, and the next […]
Family Trip Recap and a Special Announcement!
This past weekend was a whirlwind of traveling, making arrangements, and translating from Japanese to Korean to English. The first time Junkyu’s friends came from Korea, our plans got muddled and things went awry, so I was a little more than nervous to see how this trip would turn out. Thankfully, I had already met his […]
Attachments – Book Review
I am an unabashed and die-hard fan of Rainbow Rowell. She is fantastic. I recently read Attachments, her first novel, published in 2011. The first book I read of hers was Eleanor & Park – one of my favorite books of all time. The love story she created in E&P was so real and so bittersweet […]
How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit – Book Review
As an expatriate woman in Asia, this book was meant for me. I have seen it talked about on practically every other expat blog I follow, and I read it in between reading some of the novels I have saved on my Kindle. How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit? is a delightful full-course meal. […]
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