Spring in the wind
Sunrise starting to peak... Sitting with the window open, washer tumbling listening as the eerie strains of an accordion's melody accompanies the breeze dancing around the clothes hanging out to dry. The list of groceries sits filled out, the online order made, and plans for homework and other activities for the week have been laid out. With the coming spring comes the renewed motivation and hope that often slowly makes it's way back in as seasonal affective disorder drips away into the darkness to wait until the days shorten again. On top of that, though Korea is experiencing it's highest cases of COVID yet, Koreans are raising up with the spring, enjoying a relaxation in COVID policies and procedures that hasn't been seen since early 2020. And while there has been no declaration of a total return to normalcy, most Koreans look forward to upcoming months when the new South Korean president begins his term and supposedly ushers in the end of remaining COVID policies. C...