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Song of Corleone
Beloved songs are like old friends, and I ran into one the other day: the Song of Corleone from Godfather, Brucia la Terra. The song is a Sicilian ballad from the town of Corleone in Sicily. It was Michael Corleone’s favorite, as it reminded him of his first wife, Apollonia. That familiar lyric and melody, like a…
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Road of Magpies- A New Year Road Trip
Today is the first day of Lunar New Year – the year of Water Rabbit. To celebrate a new start, we went for our favorite drive – the Road of Magpies. The Lunar New Year carries a significant weight for Chinese, no matter where you are. It’s the cultural root; the deep memory of how…
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Breathing
Pranayama breathing is one thing I enjoyed learning through yoga. As a dancer, I know how important breathing is connected with movement. One of my teachers even pointed out that I was holding my breath while dancing, I need to activate my breathing more while dancing. In yoga, as part of the ritual, I have…
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Own & Being Owned
I was given $500 as a holiday gift, but I have to spend it quickly otherwise I’ll lose it. I was so thrilled, running upstairs and down, looking at my closet, trying to think outside the box, where can I spend it wisely: Clothes? Workout gear? Cosmetics? I have enough clothes, nothing needs to be…
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Fall in Love Again
Can you imagine: at 71, went back to work; 96 broke up with boyfriend; 103 grand opening of a personal photography exhibition? That’s a Japanese lady, who lived into a legend. Everyone was a child once, most of us lost touch with it as we grew up, and very few fortunate ones keep that child…
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Morning Coffee
“Lorie darling’, life in San Francisco, you see, is still just life. If you want any one thing too badly, it’s likely to turn out to be a disappointment. The only healthy way to live life is to learn to like all the little everyday things, like a sip of good whiskey in the evening,…
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The Day of Yoga
Had a rough morning before my weekly yoga class. Was a little nervous, how do I handle the class with this much negative energy? Started to talk to self like another person: I can see you are about to explode out of your body, just breathe, separate you and your anger. I learned somewhere, “treat…
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Thanksgiving
Life is like a tree, and we are all on that tree. That is why we are in the same time zone, and came to know each other. We are experiencing the same season, some bloom earlier, some grow later, but one day we’ll all return to earth in our own way and time. For…