Dear reader, There’s a kind of detachment during this trip back. I think more so than any other trips, I have been too preoccupied with work in a way that it has consumed my entire being. As such, returning to isle of dreams actually required readjusting, recalibrating and to a very large extent, reacquainting with who I was just 5 months ago. I found myself questioning if that version can still exist while balancing additional responsibilities. It occured to me that if there

Dear reader, I wanted to safe-keep one last memory before the year ends. God knows I’m still acutely aware of the guilt gnawing at me for not keeping up with updates. Especially for this trip. Despite finally finding the inspiration to write again 3 weeks ago, I found myself right back into another slump. Then Sean mentioned something about perhaps the next entry should be about beautiful things around the house and my mind went “huh, perhaps.” Let me preface by saying that e

Dear reader, So much of what has happened so far toed on the line of ‘pics or it didn’t happen’. And fair enough, with this day and age, also known as attention span + reasonable doubt, it’s hard for someone to believe what took place unless there was evidence to back it up. You’ve read about the comings and goings. You’ve seen the transformations, the guests, the work. There’s always proof. This season, it’s been recipes. Collaborative posts. Musings and products from other