a new (lunar) year

A month into 2020, two months into my time in Korea, and barely a day into the year of the White Metal Rat – the appearance of a new post. The title reads (lunar) as I was recently made aware of the fact that the term “Chinese New Year” fails to take into account other countries that celebrate the holiday. Whether there are people who find this slighting or not I’m not particularly aware, but I thought I’d try out this alternate title since it simply and effectively elucidates the reason for the new year in the first place. And anyways, I love the moon. I’m writing this after a…