the soft glow of the TV porch light shining through the cracked blinds messy, relaxed 1 am I’m watching a Korean drama Loc is asleep on the couch, his head on my lap Kimchi moves to lay in between Loc’s belly and the couch he grooms his own soft white belly sitting upright like a human Life is stressful…

I laid down on the sand and looked up at the sky. when was the last time I watched the clouds go by? I shielded my eyes from the setting but still bright summer sun with a book by Alain de Botton. the clouds were moving, but seemed so still. …

There’s something that stirs inside me when I look up at the night sky. The stillness of the moon, the soft flicker of the stars, the wonder I feel knowing that there are so many stars I can’t see. …