Relationships

She lives in a prison of her own choice, and she calls it duty.  Her social circle is stripped, her relatives gone, her movement restricted by the fact that she's never learned how to drive properly.

It's why talking on the phone or over video never really feels real.  We're locked down, forcing ourselves to appoint a time and place to converse, when really, the best parts of us are fluid and growing and moving and changing all the time...

And I try to find out What to do with my life But here it comes at last And my heart beats faster than safe

Susie Derkins and I were late bloomers.  That's how we got along well together.  We met relatively late, too. We went to the same college together, but we never became friends then.  I was intimidated, because I thought she was one of those stuck up Asian sorority girls.

Charm is a hard thing to come by.  A lot of folks think they have it, but charm is elusive. The people who have charm make you feel fun and safe while they lull and mesmerize you, like kids running around with sparklers fizzing on the Fourth of July as

Now, friends rave about a Caribbean beach, and it doesn't compare to the secret lagoon in the Andaman Sea.  New York foodies swear by a fusion eatery, and the food insults my palate.