nothing to declare

arrived home from china a few hours ago. the sleeping giant is not asleep at all, let me tell you. i should have posted from there, so many worthy moments. but i had my notebook, so i'll story-fy things soon.

tonight, as i was sorting through the plethora of coins in my passport pouch, i only vaguely recognized a single U.S. dime. it looked familiar, but also not. it's starting already. i am forgetting.

in other news, i feel i have turned a corner. i can't say exactly which corner it is. i couldn't really name it, yet. but let's just say, something has changed. or more carefully, something is changing. i think i am stronger somewhere. i think a new chapter is emerging.