PlacesCountry Life Year 3: Meet Byeol, and the Rainy Season Begins
The rainy season finally reaches Gapyeong, bringing a wet fire pit, birds under the eaves, a small cat in a ramen box, and the first quiet introduction to Byeol.
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PlacesA Jeju Island Trip That Felt Like Visiting a Neighbor
A short family visit to Jeju becomes a two-day record of Aewol stone walls, sea fog, old CDs, a bookshop, and the difference between travelling somewhere and returning to someone.
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PlacesHow Sapmanri's Separate Projects Began Becoming Mimesis
A dated June 2026 planning note: the archive, writing projects, characters, and tools were placed on one screen so we could see what belonged together—and what still needed a clearer name.
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PlacesA Cloudy Walk at Dumulmeori in Late May
A dated field note from a cloudy late-May walk at Dumulmeori: calm water, green mountains, reeds, a low wall, and an unhurried path beside two meeting rivers.
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PlacesA Late-Spring Garden Walk in Hongcheon
A dated May 2026 walk through a green garden in Hongcheon: dark courtyard walls, a shaded road, flowers floating in a stone basin, and a hanging light among the leaves.
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PlacesAn Early-Spring Afternoon at Cheongju's Dongbu Warehouse
Cheongju's Dongbu Warehouse appears through a long mural, a cafe building, a public book installation, and the orange light on the road home.
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PlacesA Quiet Afternoon Reading at Greatful Ground Cafe in Gapyeong
A dated early-spring visit to Greatful Ground in Gapyeong, told through the exterior, roasting-room door, hillside approach, coffee equipment, and one book finished away from home.
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PlacesCapturing Our Village in a 3D Frame Using a Drone
I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time. We live in a small village in Gapyeong — Wigong-ri, a cluster of houses tucked into a valley, surrounded by mountains on three side…
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PlacesA Hidden Cafe in Seojong and a Vintage Typewriter
There are places you find and immediately want to keep to yourself. Page Moment in Seojon is one of them. It’s the kind of cafe that takes some finding — tucked away from the ma…
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PlacesA Winter Valentine's Day in Seojong, Ending with Gondre Pot Rice
A February 14 field note following a winter outing through Munhori River Market and Seojong, black buckwheat tea at home, and a pot of gondre rice with fish at the end of the day.
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