GRECCHINOIS
REST
...I am simply not someone who goes from sixty to zero easily. I find these abrupt descents into slowness jarring, and my mind struggles to make sense of them...
STORIES @ MUSICIANS’ JOURNAL
…This painful juggling act has become a hallmark of modern life for anyone who is “lucky” enough to accompany their parents along this final path…
THE AMERICAN-NESS OF ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE
“Today is Day 30.
I so was looking forward to writing a post celebrating the success of this 30 day challenge to write a post every day, but in the end, I am not able to do that. Instead, I feel that I need to write about the new low this current wave of anti-Asian violence has reached this week…”
WHAT NEXT?
“In these final days of this challenge, I find myself wondering what the next chapter of this blog will entail. When I started on this blogging journey back in 2006, it really began as an experiment. Over the years, it’s continued to feel that way, this 30 day challenge included. As with everything…”
RECEIPT REVIEW
“Day 27!
I’m a bit surprised to be in the home stretch of this challenge already. I guess they say that time flies when you’re having fun. Today was spent finishing up getting my taxes ready for my accountant, which involved combing through every transaction of 2020, and sorting them into expense categories…”
CHAMPAGNE AND TAXES
“As promised, despite not winning a Grammy Award today, I still celebrated with some distanced champagne shared with a couple of dear friends this afternoon. It’s such a thrill to be nominated for the Grammys, and I do hope it will happen again…”
BLOCKS
“Day 24.
It’s interesting to me that as I enter the home stretch of this exercise in daily posting, this is the most challenging part. Each day, I push my writing time later and later, as if I am doing my best to miss a day…”
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