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My brother Jeff has recently started a photo blog. He is a fine artist in Long Beach, California, and I’m happy that he’s now making some of his photos available to view online. The blog also includes some of his reflections on his photos.

Visit jeffrau.com to reach The Jeff Rau Art and Photo Blog. I think you’ll enjoy it. Jeff’s strength and fascination is with what he calls urban textiles. Also, I have always loved his photos from the cool Long Beach music scene.

Finally, congratulations to Jeff for being accepted to a Masters of Fine Arts program! He’ll start in January. Very cool.

-Jessica

p.s. To give due credit, the three above photos are obviously Jeff Rau’s work, and he owns all copyright.

It’s Friday morning. I was very late, the sky was dark, and I had to walk to work through the cold, pouring rain. I was in a really foul mood. Then my iPod delivered this perfect line-up of songs.

Give it a try…

“Mighty Sword” The Frames
from For the Birds

“Strangers” James
from Millionaires

“Porcelain” Red Hot Chili Peppers
from Californication

“The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us” Sufjan Stevens
from Illinoise

“Saturday Sun” Nick Drake
from Five Leaves Left

“Misread” Kings of Convenience
from Riot On An Empty Street

“Fix You” Cold Play
from X&Y

“Say It to me Now” Glen Hansard
from Once (Music from the Motion Picture)

“Love Is No Big Truth” Kings of Convenience
from Riot On An Empty Street

“New Slang” The Shins
from Garden State Soundtrack

And the playlist continues with the likes of Koop, Iron & Wine, Frou Frou, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, and Citizen Cope.

Enjoy your day.

-Jessica

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Ajuma Umbrella

In America, “April showers bring May flowers,” but in Korea, I think it’s the June showers that bring July mold.

It is finally rainy season in Korea, and the umbrellas are in full bloom. We woke up this morning to the sound of rain and the feeling of bedsheets sticking to us. It is so humid, we have been told our laundry won’t dry until the end of July. I did finally turn on the air con to get some dry air flowing.

Despite all that, I like rainy season so far. I even got my first pair of rain boots. Rain is good, and it feels almost ten degrees cooler than just a few days ago.

-Jessica