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Seven

(I highly recommend you read this related post from last year before reading this one: https://pace-fine-arts.com/2025/08/05/six/) As I was searching for hetero people’s mundane milestones for a seventh anniversary, the first thing that came up was the “Seven-year itch”, which is a popular idiom suggesting that happiness and satisfaction in a marriage or long-term relationshipContinue reading “Seven”

I’d rather go touch grass

There’s a war out there(some old pervert pedophile set the world on fireto distract from his affairs)Gas price is at an all-time high(while the provincial government does its best to take away people’s human rightsas they sell our future, and our land – not even ours – to the extremist right)Books are banned(by the sameContinue reading “I’d rather go touch grass”

Japan – reflections of a 2-week trip

We just came back from 2 weeks in Japan. It’s been a long-awaited trip. We wanted to celebrate my brother’s 30th birthday (he has always wanted to go to Japan) and my hubby’s 40th. We packed a lot of activities and places into the few days we were there, and we had a blast. TheContinue reading “Japan – reflections of a 2-week trip”

“Go back to where you came from”

Where I came from1000 years of border war; 100 years of colonization; 30 years (American-backed) Vietnam War; The West speaks about us as if we were a concept,as if the poverty, the uncertainty, the lack of opportunity,is self-inflicted. Where I came from,Men love women. They get married. They bear children. They care for their elders.KidsContinue reading ““Go back to where you came from””

All you need is love (?)

“In 1967, John Lennon wrote a song called, “All You Need Is Love.” He also beat both of his wives, abandoned one of his children, verbally abused his gay Jewish manager with homophobic and anti-semitic slurs, and once had a camera crew film him lying naked in his bed for an entire day.” – MarkContinue reading “All you need is love (?)”