When Vacations End

Back from Korea,I realize to my horrorwhen I wake up,dizzy from jet-lag,that I have to cook for myself.Breakfastand lunchand dinner.All … More

War Story

On Jeju Island we travel rough backroads on our small bus,bumping along narrowly through perfectly planted fields,row on row of … More

The Gyeongju National Museum houses a collection of art and artifactsspanning the 1000-year history of the Korean peninsula’s Silla period.The … More

Annie and I had planned to ride the ziplinefrom the mainland to Nami Island,famous as the romantic setting for Winter … More

There are soldiers buried in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busanwhose bodies were not returned to their home countries.Examining … More

I’m back home from my trip to Korea,watching the election returns, the right to vote,a cornerstone of our democracy, a … More

We eat well on this tour, a different restaurant for most meals.The breakfasts included at each of our hotels provide … More

I’m back, I thought, as I stepped off the plane,returned to my ancestral home once more,recalling all my blood bound … More

In the evening as the sun slips down in the horizon line,I see myself glimmering in the airport window glass,a … More

We’re visiting the TV set of Mister Sunshine, the first Korean drama I ever watched,back in 2019, after my first … More

Right now, we’re on a South Korean island, Jeju,sitting in what China calls the East China Sea,and what the Koreans, … More

I’m back in Korea, the birthplace of my father’s parents,which means I’m again seeing people everywherewho appear as though they … More

If you’d ask me 20 years ago how I felt about phones,I’d have said something along the lines of them … More

We five have known each other more than 30 years.Post-pandemic, we meet for coffee, jokingthat we’ve become the senior citizens … More

The beginning’s in the end, you know.Good advice, like how a closing door signalssome new one opening, or a window, … More

You surprise me, knocking on my door after 15 years,but I recognize that face behind the mask instantly.The last time … More

From outside you would hardly see it, this bunkerbuilt by US troops during the Korean War on the DMZ.It is … More

We view the Korean DMZ from several vantage points,each one quite a distance from North Korea itself.At the Odusan Unification … More