Melanie's Mostly Writing

I didn’t know it, but it seems like I’m a control freak! Perhaps it’s because, like so many women, I’ve been in positions in the past where I’ve had no control over events, and that was immensely frustrating and damaging. I have discovered I hate getting massages. I just can’t surrender to it and relax,…

Yesterday we went to the Hantan river basalt gorge and waterfall in Pocheon, South Korea. It was misty and dull but we wanted to get out. It’s an ancient and interesting site to go to. Sadly, despite a little rain lately, there was only a slow drip for a waterfall. The gorge itself was beautiful…

We are staying with our Koream family this week. After a barbecue, they suddenly decided to go on a road trip to the East Sea. I got quite excited at the thought of seeing the sea once again as it’s so fresh and clean. The weather has been so unrelentlingly hot that I was looking…