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Loneliness

Writing about evenings alone, feeling out of place in a crowd, and small ways to sit with loneliness without running from it.

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A half-eaten box of rice with chopsticks resting across it on a small desk in a rented room, a pale yellow desk lamp and a dark window behind
Healing

A Letter to Someone Sitting Alone in a Rented Room

A letter written at eight in the evening in a rented room, for someone new to working life who is not used to how quiet it is. It does not tell you to get used to anything. It just sits with you.

Oct 17, 2026 · 3 min read

A small soup bowl and a pair of chopsticks on a wooden table by a window, soft late-day light, a blurred alley behind
Healing

Tết Alone, on the Day Everyone Gathers

Staying in the city on Tết eve while everyone else gathers. A few small things for that night and the first morning, not to make it cheerful, only lighter.

Oct 15, 2026 · 7 min read