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Self Care

I thought I’d continue the last post on daily choreography with a post on self care. It just seems like a good time to talk about it. Maybe it’s the change of seasons…. My friend Amy and I were joking that it’s been cloudy/gloomy here for the last week, and that’s apparently all it takesContinue reading “Self Care”

Daily Choreography

I’m not a routine person. I wish I were: I fully admit that routines are the secret to success in life. But something in my personality actively militates against doing the same thing over and over again, no matter how healthy it is. This has created several problems in my life: e.g., flossing (I flossContinue reading “Daily Choreography”

Trader Joe’s…

…is like a toxic relationship. It has nothing I need, everything I want there is bad for me, and the whole experience stresses me out.

ATEEZ

True confession time: I went down a K-pop (Korean pop music) rabbithole sometime in April. And as I currently spend at least 15 minutes every day checking in with my favorite K-pop band(s) online, it was starting to get a little weird that I never brought it up on what is essentially a blog aboutContinue reading “ATEEZ”

Breakthrough Moments

Maybe you don’t, but I have days where I just don’t know what I’m doing. I mean, in general–as in, I don’t know why I’m alive and on this planet. I suppose this sense of disorientation is uniquely and also probably universally human. And I suppose most folks don’t resolve it until late in life,Continue reading “Breakthrough Moments”

Perfection

This is an essay I wrote two years ago as a thank-you to my dear friends Eric & Vicky, who gave Malena, Hyunsuk, and me their reservations for a temple-stay weekend with the Buddhist nun and chef Jeong Kwan at Baekyangsa Temple in Jeollanam-do, South Korea. LCO “…this Body itself is Emptiness and Emptiness itselfContinue reading “Perfection”

Miso Soup from Scratch (kind of)

This isn’t a recipe; it’s the story of a minor obsession—and a pretty typical one as far as my cooking obsessions go. I start with something that fascinates me and then go down a rabbit hole with it until I realize it’s dark and cold, and then I backtrack a bit and settle in somewhereContinue reading “Miso Soup from Scratch (kind of)”

Fashion and Personal Style

It’s funny: I don’t think anyone who knows me would say, “MourningDove has such great fashion sense.” And yet I’ve spent a fair amount of time in my life thinking about fashion, noting which designers I like and don’t, recognizing trends, paying attention to what other women are wearing…. And absolutely none of it hasContinue reading “Fashion and Personal Style”

Kintsugi

I’m a ceramics nut. I’m particularly obsessed with tea bowls from the Song Dynasty in China (roughly 960-1279 AD). Compared to the florid patterns of later periods, Song ceramics are plain, almost austere in their plain black, white, and celadon glazes. But their shapes and the rich nuances in those glazes—one that looks blue butContinue reading “Kintsugi”