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Cape Breton (2025)

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Cape Breton Connected by land but only reluctantly A 92 year old coal miner sang his last performance with Men of the Deeps A cautionary tale against corporate greed Passed down from father to son And memorialized in song Historic Fortress of Louisbourg Takes you back to an 18th-century French town Where Air, Fire, Earth meet Water at the blacksmith's shop After a long day of driving Windy roads on the Cabot Trail Why not rest awhile At The Red Shoe Pub And let your toes tap to the fiddle May the winds carry you away to the Red shore of Nova Scotia 🌊

Crying in a Tesla (2025)

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  Crying in a Tesla I was listening to the book Crying in H Mart On my commute to work  When I cried   I was reminded of how just the week before On my trip to Canada to visit my parents Mom and Dad showed me  How much they loved me In their eyes I am still a little girl   Dad refused to let me carry my suitcase He scorned the dog for barking at me μ§„μ•„, λˆ„κ°€ μ–Έλ‹ˆν•œν…Œ μ§–μ–΄! Jinna, how dare you bark at your older sister!   A few years ago, I stayed with Mom in Seoul Mom, her friend and I went out to an art show when her friend fell and seriously injured herself in a department store Mom was about to accompany her in an ambulance She pleaded to the store employee to help me get home 이 κΌ¬λ§ˆκ°€ μ™Έκ΅­μ—μ„œ μ™€μ„œ… νƒμ‹œμ’€ μž‘μ•„ μ£Όμ„Έμš” My little baby is from abroad… Can you please get her a taxi? She had completely forgotten that I was 42 and spoke fluent Korean That I can take care of myself   Days before this trip home Mom had prepared μœ‘κ³„μž₯ beef stew, 돼지고기 볢음 marinated spicy por...