Monthly Archives: January 2015

the diviners

Lately I’ve had several conversations about ethnicity and how it contributes to identity. It is an idea I struggle to understand, perhaps because my open-minded immigrant parents were the exception rather than the rule when it comes to Asian families. I still haven’t decided how I feel about navigating multiple cultures to which I don’t properly belong. Sometimes I’m almost tempted to chuck the whole notion of […]

when it was yet dark

Dad and I spent a week of winter break exploring the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California. As with many of our adventures, we planned each day around photographs at sunrise and sunset. This meant a fair bit of driving in the chilly darkness on unfamiliar roads. By the time we reached the state park or coast or whatever […]