JUST LIKE JULIA

2022-01-22

The Lost Archives of Immigrant Ancestry

My mom sent this photo earlier this week: a picture of my grandma and grandpa in their youth. A sense of homesick nostalgia hit me when the photo reached me. It made me long for the stories and voices of my ancestors and family that I could no longer access.

2022-01-01

End of Year Reflections: 2021

Each year that passes by, life seems to become more and more surreal. It’s a weird feeling, knowing I won’t be on the move for the next nine months. I wonder what this period of gestation will bring…I am looking forward to what the new year will bring.

2021-12-21

“Wherever You Go, There You Are”

Whatever your destination, you will be followed by your failings…you are running away in your own company. You have to lay aside the load of on your Spirit…Where you arrive does not matter so much as what sort of person you are when you arrive there.

2021-11-21

A Cataclysmic Collision of Lovers

We meet again, lifetime after lifetime.

2021-11-20

Being a Traveler and Building Fires In Each Others’ Hearts

Travelers far and wide come together on a level playing field: a new terrain. Each of them bringing their own remnants of home, their own versions of building fires. When you place these characters together and witness what they build together, something magical begins to happen.