Tomorrow, I’m off to Indiana to visit my friend C. She was transferred to Indiana earlier this year. We haven’t felt the separation yet because of e-mail. We are pretty much sharing little bits of our stories every day and she is has come back to visit several times. However, I have been waiting impatiently to see her new house and neighborhood.

It’s going to be a five hour trip and I’m not sure I’m excited about that. My son is finally getting the hang of potty training so we may be making quite a few stops. I’ll like the results.

Anyhow, here are some articles that caught my attention.

They are building a Korean Folk Village in Sedona, Arizona. I liked Sedona when I was there and wouldn’t mind going back – even though I wasn’t fond of the rest of Arizona. The folk village is being created to celebrate the centennial of the first Korean immigrants to the United States and is due to be completed around 2010. I wonder if they are going to recognize Korean adoptees? We are a large group of Korean immigrants.

Link: The First Korean Folk Village

Link: First Korean Folk Village


Remember my post about Asian Eyes? Here’s an article about the proper makeup to put on with your hanbok.

Link: Makeup With Your Hanbok


Here is an article that was in the Korea Times. I found this interesting. The subject of the article, Elana Schuster, had this to say, “It would have been nice to spend the holiday with my birth parents and just tell them `Thank you for making a hard decision, but a good decision. Thank you for blessing my life.’ I love my adoptive family _ they are my family…”
Follow the link to the whole article.

Link: Lonely But Not Alone