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The House on Monroe Street
I came across this picture today while talking to my sister, and it sent me back 25 years for a brief moment. I took in all the details of the background – calendar paper used as wallpaper, video cassettes of TVB episodes, my sister and I in hand-me-down clothes, standing in the living room that Continue reading
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Tree-lined block
I was doing laundry today after a long holiday break, and being in NYC, I take my clothes to a neighborhood laundromat down the block. It’s not the most pleasant of tasks, but lately, I’ve been called to really notice life around me. Even what I would know to be the most mundane or ordinary, Continue reading
About Me
Hi ~ I’m Shirley.

Pen and Flow is a place to notice life.
A witnessing of the ordinary.
Pockets of meaning
And what it means to be human in the world.