On This Full Moon
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Photo: View of Gangwon mountains, my first morning in Toji
Two years ago, to the day, I arrived in Toji*. It was pitch black when I arrived in Wonju, a moonless night. Not quite able to figure out the boiler (I’m a girl from the tropics!), I spent the night trying to stay warm, wondering what on earth I had gotten myself into this time.
But the next morni…
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