Miss Ear was the one who showed up first, regularly. Her ear was tipped, and so she became Miss Ear. Then came Freddie—friendly and aloof all at the same time, a contradiction with whiskers. Beige is, well, the color beige. Harabuji arrived next. Grandpa in Korean.
“miracle” is my new song collection of meditations on the exquisite fragility of life. Each of us walks forward never truly knowing what tomorrow will bring, and yet, so often, we drift through our days on autopilot—unmoored, without plans or
We left the café this morning with warmth spilling from our hearts, though the coffee itself? Ordinary. Nothing our own kitchen couldn’t match. Yet something extraordinary had happened in that unremarkable hour. The Hidden Value of Daily Human Connection The café worker’s smile—a small kindness that costs nothing and
The Bridge in “Annyeonghaseyo!” I’ve written before about our practice of greeting everyone we pass on Jeju’s trails and streets—how a simple “Annyeonghaseyo” transforms strangers into neighbors, how it creates those fleeting moments of belonging. But I’ve been thinking more about what happens
Where does meaning live? What comes after love? Why does hate exist? How much grief can we handle? Where did my left sock go? What happens to the waves once they’ve crashed? Why do we hurt ourselves? How
The world is broken. I see it in the headlines – more bombs, more starvation, another atrocity, another child’s face that I cannot unsee. Fairness should rule but doesn’t. The scales tip toward the loud, the powerful, the already-full.
The human mind is a remarkable thing. It evolved to be powerful enough to rule this planet and may even conquer the universe, yet it can also lead us to destroy each other and our world. Right now, as the
Waiting for Nothing to Happen So many of us find ourselves perched on the edge of life, like birds on a wire, waiting for the wind to change—waiting for the market to shift in our favour, for the ‘right’ time
I’ve been a little quiet the past few months but behind the scenes, I’ve been busy preparing for the release of a new collection of music with my band ‘bounce the ocean’. My partner John and I recorded a ton
“If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans” – Woody Allen We were planning on travelling to Japan starting mid-August for a month or two. We had a well-established itinerary and flight/accommodation all booked when