the heart as it is | courage • grief • beauty

These are the days of…

…visiting a new local bakery multiple times to try out their matcha items and other tasty-looking items:

…many more photos of JJ the floofball:

…finally buying some beeswax to use an alternative to plastic wrap ! I love the vintage feel of it, it’s suprisingly easier to clean than I thought, and it smells so good like honey :

…deciding that I would make reading a bigger part of my life again and so I am trying to have a goal of finishing 1 book a week. This particular book took me a few years to finish though, but I finally finished it about a week ago:

…buying yet another tomato plant and sharing the harvest from our dying one and our new one:

…deciding to up my Mandarin game for being able to provide therapy in Mandarin ! Here is the weekly plan I made for myself:

…visiting a popular breakfast burrito place that gives huge portions:

…eating cookies from a place called Choc at a church pop-up event:

…finishing yet another book that was a gift from a previous internship:

…visiting an independent coffee shop in the East Bay before a free auto shop class for ladies:

…attending the free auto class ! I feel like this kind of community event was very thought-provoking for me and so I will likely share about this in a reflection post:

That’s it for now – thanks for reading !