Hellobee

Long before our personal world (and then the collective world) fell apart, I had wanted to let the kids know whether they were having a baby brother or sister in a cute way. I am not a big fan of large gender reveals, but I photographed a small family one over Thanksgiving that used a […]

Bee and I have been getting back to basics lately: raising chickens, farming food and keeping bees. Our goal is to grow most of our own food within a year or so, and hopefully even sooner – since we are trying to feed all of our live-in staff during this pandemic. Some live-out staff is […]

“If I can’t find the cure, I’ll fix you with my love No matter what you know, I’ll fix you with my love” I’m concerned as I can’t locate a part of your baby’s brain… There is probably no correct response for parents when hearing words like this come out of a doctor’s mouth about your […]

As I’ve explained before, I have Multiple Sclerosis. I’ve told my personal perspective, but I wanted to provide a few facts for you in case you’re further interested. Personally, I didn’t know anything about MS before I was diagnosed, and I found a great deal of very useful information through the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s […]

It has been hectic here with things changing daily, hourly even, and Mr. Bee and I running news groups to keep locals up to date on all the changing regulations. The Philippines has declared a state of calamity for up to six months because it is not prepared to handle an outbreak the magnitude of […]

We have had 1 day warning of a lockdown so I’ve been crazy busy preparing to move back to El Nido tomorrow. As a Korean-American, the stark contrast between the reactions of the two countries have been sobering. The Philippines is woefully unprepared, but drastic measures are being taken now and we are quite remote. […]

January and February are winter months here, with temps still cool (relatively for here) in March. But this year we had almost no rain during rainy season and have a severe water shortage now before the summer months even begin in April. It’s 89 degrees here with almost 90% humidity and it is hot! Global […]