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Never thought I would say this:

I am going to have to read Jane Eyre -- never read it; a boring book; did not like it as a recommended book in English Lit classes. But as we grow you can not escape noticing family dynamics and changes all around you ! Perhaps I was wrong and could not see it at the time. Funny how attitudes change.

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/the-immortal-woman-author-su-chang-on-her-reading-habits-and-what-makes-jane-eyre/article_c3a83980-f38b-11ef-9e49-cbbdc13a3cfa.html?source=newsletter&utm_content=a06&utm_source=ts_nl&utm_medium=email&utm_email=AB04D80198E8CD03DE384CB97B30764C&utm_campaign=bk_10602

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Wonderful and Fantastic news, I knew my sister would not let me down. I must tell our Auntie the good news of the deep email I received. I loved it. I do not know how she bares her soul so freely on the Web.

She must be very brave. When did this courage begin ? I never noticed this quality when we were growing up. And it does not matter that she travels a lot and hardly stays at home. Shanghai, Guangdong, Sichuan and Sichuan is a vast sea of people and she simply does want to be anchored and moored at these places.

I was away when she packed her bags and caught the taxi to the airport. I would have gladly driven her there in my new red sports car.

I think Auntie mentioned that she will stay in Thailand teaching Mandarin for 18 months. Her next stop will be to Monaco, South Of France, then Luxembourg before settling in Edinburgh - for how long I do not know. She plans to catch with her travel buddies. Who knows what her plans are next.

Come to think of it she is so unlike our Auntie, who has the endearing surname of Rainbow. The colors of the rainbow each radiating frequencies to make the giant iridescent hemisphere in the sky. And as the leprechaun lads would say: there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. I think Auntie has found her pot gold with happy deep-work and slow productivity in her research on her kelp farm. My sister has skills in Communication; writing and presentations no wonder her skills are sought after world wide -- why would she stay at home and drown in a sea of people ?

I had a funny thought, pure speculation. I was watching the film Bourne Identity on TV : you know essentially multiple passports; hidden caches of cash, jewelry, clothes, grooming kits ,keys to prime residential apartments all over the world, and to , emotion many past deep relationships and encounters.

Then I thought, could it be ? is my sister an operative working for some obscure organization because she travels a lot and there are hundreds of stamp entries in her passport ? It makes you wonder though

I laughed,my Imagination ran wild and I would joke later to my Auntie about it and see what her response was. We would burst out laughing for sure at the preposterous idea.

There is another psychological explanation: the Peter Pan syndrome - Puer Aeternus as Jung would say: wanting to be child for ever; not wanting to grow up and go to fantasy land. I enjoyed Peter Pan too.

Maybe I have been recollecting film ideas/ themes and trying to weave an explanations - well I do write fiction after all and blessed with an active imagination.

Perhaps I should not be speculating until there is evidence to the contrary. My sister is my big sister that is and unlike other sibling relationships you hear about, our bond is very strong. There I go again making up narratives HAHA

Well at least I will have some ideas to talk about when I have tea with Auntie this afternoon.

So dear Sister if you can sense this, as I send try to send my thoughts telepathically to you.

Please pen more of your strange adventures.

I hope you were mildly amused

PS

I remember a while ago I went to an Archery range with a friend, who never drew the bow before.

Would you believe she got the bulleye on her first shot.

Later she did mention that she is a Sagittarius -- do not know this came up but it explained everything. HAHAHA

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