"The rose is fairest when 't is budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
An love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears."
- Sir Walter Scott, Lady of the Lake. Canto iv Stanza
Racism. Corruption. Raja Petra. Tumbling markets. Sodomy. Immigration. CNN.
Tea and mooncakes.
Conversation with two middle-aged aunts.
Tomorrow will be a better day.
[[ book ]] Charles Frazier - Cold Mountain
[[ mood ]] blah