honoring my late father
* * my dad’s high school friends hike with me to a hilltop oasis garden * guan yin provides rest […]
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finding refuge in hong kong
**a giant buddhavisible from our airplane hidden in city **
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慢慢来 (little by little…)
**pole pole we said in Kiswahili mantra for social change *patience is vitalfor sustainability clear and sure-footed*small shifts in practicecan
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delusion
*a man with a knifesquats outside the hospital"give me medicines!"*he yells at doctorsand anyone who'll listen"i have HIV!"*problem is, his
when being yourself and grasping chinese tradition don’t mix well
*a young man dyingof end-stage AIDS infectiontells us he is gay*as his wife sticks byhis bedside, fiercely loyal.she's known all
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chongqing hot pot
*boiling red pork fatpassed on for generationsof feasting diners*so spicy my mouthis first on fire then losesall its sensation*i can't
a spent bloom
*it is spring outsidemagnolia, plum blossomspink white firecrackers*yet i spend all daywith sick, dying, angry folksabsorbing their pain*i know things
mini red bean mochi buns! (my new fave snack)
*thin delicate shellairy, moist, chewy insideate 12 all at once *Get 'em fresh out of the oven at a bakery
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