“You need to go to sleep, sir,” I said laying down next to my 7-year old son. “Appah, what did you do when you were eleven?” “Eleven?  I guess I was in … sixth grade?  Don’t tell anyone, but I used to sell Jolly Ranchers in school.” “Oh, the red and the grape ones?” “All [...]

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Just the ladies chatting (as told to me by Amy). AMY:  “Last week, Ooseung told me that one of her classmates has two moms.  Then she asked why can’t they find someone to get married to.” BABYSITTING COUSIN:  “Wha?  Hahaha, unni….”  (covers mouth and laughs) AMY’S MOM:  “That’s not funny.  In Corean newspapers, there’s more [...]

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GURNEY TALK Nurses pushing a gurney down the hall. Nurse 1:  “I hate going down to the ER.  When I work there, it’s just organized chaos.” Nurse 2:  “If you don’t, it’s just chaos.” — LIKE A LADY The old lady with endstage emphysema goes on and on about her family and her “genius” nephew [...]

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It’s been nice having warm weather again.  Birds chirping.  Breezes blowing flowery perfumes and pheromones.  Reminding you of days of carefree joy.  Like bike riding and pathologically hopeful crushes.  Like your first date with the girl you’ll want to keep forever. Still it seems kind of early for spring birds, risky even.  I wondered if [...]

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My mind keeps turning over as I turn over in bed once again, feeling one sinus empty as another sinus fills up, like secretions though the hourglass. “Take something so I can go to sleep,” Amy says from her side of the bed. “So you can go to sleep?” Did I hear something?  Those windows [...]

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