Between Two Rivers

Compulsion

In Suzhou, China.

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January 17, 2025

boat, China, movement, Photography, Poetry, river, Suzhou
Cultivation

In Zhujiajiao (朱家角) and Suzhou (苏州), China.

The Kezhi Garden (课植园), in Zhujiajiao.
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January 16, 2025

China, Chinese culture, contemplation, cultivation, education, gardening, history, Photography, Prose, space, Suzhou, Zhujiajiao
Conversation

For my maternal grandfather. In Guangzhou, China.

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January 14, 2025

Cantonese, China, conversation, family, Guangzhou, language, Mandarin, memory, Photography, Prose
Arrival

Two short essays on the new year.
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January 11, 2025

America, Hong Kong, loneliness, Los Angeles, New Year, travel, wildfire
Revisions (December 2024)

Looking back on a month of writing (and looking forward to a break!).

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December 27, 2024

America, Belgium, China, friendship, gratitude, memory, nostalgia, Photography, Poetry, Prose, Revisions, winter, wisdom
Present Perfect

Completion.
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December 26, 2024

contentment, fulfillment, gratitude, Poetry, winter
Happy Holidays

Good tidings.
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December 25, 2024
Divisions

Two short essays. In Chinatown, Manhattan.

Interior of Kelly Hair Salon (嘉麗髮廊) on Pell St., in Chinatown.
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December 24, 2024

Chinatown, community, family, memory, New York, Photography, Prose
Coldness

A metaphor for winter weather.
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December 23, 2024

affection, coldness, friendship, memory, Poetry, warmth, winter
Black Ice

A poem for the winter solstice.
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December 22, 2024

darkness, ice, light, Poetry, solstice, winter