Melanie's Mostly Writing

Today I played bass guitar for a couple of hours. It’s the first time I’ve played in about two months. I had my nails done and couldn’t pluck the strings without making an annoying clicking noise, and I’m not comfortable using a pick. Now my nails are back to normal I can play again! I…

Today is Seollal or Korean Lunar New Year. We are at my mother in laws house for the traditional offering of a table of food to the ancestors. A lot of preparation goes into this ritual and it’s done in a very specific way. After the offering we’ll bow to mom and get lucky money.…

Yesterday I was so hungry on my diet. I have lost over just 2 kg so I decided to award myself a cheat day today. I’m going to get back on the diet tomorrow. Back to counting calories. It’s really just one day. I haven’t given up. So this morning as well as my ice…

I have read quite a few books in the past year or so, but the one I have enjoyed the most is Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (author of The Martian). It’s a story of survival, but also friendship and humanity. It’s science fiction but not too sciency or too technical. It’s the kind…