Lanterns carry our wishes on water. My wish is that Tina is happy and contented over the rainbow bridge. My other wish is that Palestine be free. These are the things occupying my mind foremost these days. What a lovely day it was on Saturday to have experienced this. A great event for the sentimental […]
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Photo Friday: Nashville Water Lantern Festival
Photo Friday: Black Fae Day, the First (at the Frist)
If you’re cool, you may have clued into a new meme/day/event(?) that happened on May 8th, started by @maximilli_lo — Black Fae Day! To quote their tweet from a few months back: #BlackFaeDay is inspired by pictures I saw of Kenji K (@flowersfromkenji on Instagram). I was still on the high of #28DaysofBlackCosplay and Brandy’s […]
Phoenix Fire Gauntlet
TCAF 2015!
I don’t have to tell you that I loved TCAF again this year, and possibly love Toronto more this time than I did last. It’s a given, an almost unanimous sentiment among friends who also traveled there from the states. I ate well for the whole weekend (surrounded by food in the blocks surrounding the Reference […]
Hack for the Community
Geek Pride Day II Poster
Nashville Cherry Blossom Japan Relief Event 2011
The Nashville Cherry Blossom Festival became the Nashville Cherry Blossom Japan Relief Event! In light of recent events, many vendors offered to put part or all of their proceeds towards relief efforts in Japan, and there were many ways to donate. The only foreign consulate here in Tennessee is one for Japan, and we’re proud […]
Great Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami
I actually have a lot of articles planned right now, all lying dormant due to a momentary dip in language-studying momentum and real-life happenings. Yet all those things pale in face of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami which has rocked northern Japan. Last Thursday I went to bed at a decent time, for […]