Blue Sky

a work-in-progress by lily chiu

Month: August, 2010

There’s A Real World Outside San Francisco

I know the title should be a no-brainer, but as someone who lives and works in San Francisco, I have to admit that I sometimes forget what SF is really like relative to the rest of the world. Here’s my attempt to visualize the disconnect: You know that feeling when you’ve been on vacation a [...]

Living in the Cloud

As I move more of my photos, music, and communications into the cloud, I notice my personal definition of ownership undergoing a transformation. I am the type of person who both loves and fears nostalgia. I back up all my photos and music to another hard drive, along with Dropbox, and I am a packrat-like [...]

Flush And Fill With Light

Elizabeth Bishop is amazing. One more by her before I force myself to move on. The Armadillo           by Elizabeth Bishop For Robert Lowell This is the time of year when almost every night the frail, illegal fire balloons appear. Climbing the mountain height, rising toward a saint still honored in [...]