Tonight at ten, while walking the dogs to the end of the street, a wash of warm golden light stopped me in my tracks.

My neighbors had built a sukkah. Strings of tiny lights hung from its roof, their warm glow slipping through the gaps in the palm leaves, while songs and laughter drifted from inside. Today was the first day of Sukkot, and it also fell on Friday evening, Shabbat—no wonder it was so lively.

I stood beneath the streetlight for a while. I could not understand the lyrics, but I understood that kind of joy—the joy of family gathered together to eat, sing, and give thanks for the harvest.

As it happens, today is also our Mid-Autumn Festival. One is Sukkot, one is Mid-Autumn; the names are different, but the dates met, and even their meanings met: gratitude for the harvest, family reunion, and prayers for peace.

Different cultures, different faiths—yet when we look up, we see the same moon. Tonight it was large and round, hanging above the palm trees, so bright that even the streetlights seemed unnecessary.

I thought of Psalm 133: “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!”

Tonight, the end of our street looked exactly like that verse.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival. Shabbat Shalom. May the moonlight reach you too, and may the people you love be by your side. 🌕

The other day I saw a tweet calling mushrooms an underrated superfood. I couldn't agree more.

I love mushrooms. They're the superfood of my keto table, versatile enough to go from breakfast to dinner: mushrooms in my omelette, tofu and mushrooms as the perfect pair in miso soup, and they work in stir-fried lettuce with eggs too. Mushrooms go with eggs, tofu, meat — pretty much every protein out there; there seems to be nothing they can't pair with. And in a stew? The moment mushrooms go in, the broth turns incredibly savory — so tasty it'd make your eyebrows fall off. Mushrooms even eat like meat, full of umami.

A small handful of mushrooms packs astonishing nutrition. Very low in carbs, so they're keto-friendly, and rich in B vitamins, selenium, potassium, and beta-glucan fiber. Sun-dried mushrooms even contain vitamin D. Their most special compound is ergothioneine, a powerful antioxidant. Mushrooms are the richest dietary source of ergothioneine, especially shiitake, oyster, maitake, and king oyster mushrooms.

A 2021 Penn State meta-analysis pooling 17 studies and nearly 20,000 cancer patients found that eating about 18 grams of mushrooms a day — just a small handful — was associated with roughly 45% lower cancer risk than non-eaters. A National University of Singapore study following 663 adults over 60 for six years found that those eating more than two servings of mushrooms a week had about 50% lower odds of mild cognitive impairment. These are observational studies, but they all point the same way: people who eat mushrooms often end up with a body and brain that's hard to beat.

One thing to remember: for safety and easier digestion, it's best to cook mushrooms thoroughly before eating!

I eat mushrooms almost every day. For a mushroom lover like me — why not every day.

The backstory

Trump signed an executive order requiring the federal government to say Super Intelligence instead of Artificial Intelligence; California governor Newsom immediately signed an order declaring that artificial intelligence shall permanently be called artificial intelligence, captioned “You're welcome, America.”

But the rename itself, I think, deserves a serious discussion.

ARTIFICIAL comes with a built-in hint of “fake”.

The word artificial carries an undertone of fake, of knockoff — an artificial flower is a fake flower. And today's AI already surpasses humans in many areas. To keep calling it imitation, knockoff intelligence is neither accurate nor fair.

SUPER means superb, not above us.

Super isn't about rising above humanity — it's superb: like a superhero, extraordinary, full of infinite possibility.

In these years of anxiety, depression, and overflowing negativity, a little brightness is exactly what humanity is missing. Many people feel both fond of AI and uneasy about it — this rename opens up room for imagination.

And “super” is such a morale boost; it just lifts your mood.

Habitual thinking makes people resist any renaming.

But without change, there would be no today.

This name should have been changed long ago.

凡事都有定期，天下萬物都有定時。《傳道書》3:1

晨五點半，我坐著等太陽升起。

天還沒有完全亮，四周很安靜，彷彿世界也在等一個訊號，提醒我們：新的一天又來了。

我常想，凡事都有定期，天下萬物都有定時。出發有時，停留有時；照顧別人有時，回過頭來照顧自己，也有時。我們總以為人生靠的是一鼓作氣，後來才明白，真正把人帶到遠方的，往往是每天一點點地往前走。

我是高敏感人群，英文叫 Highly Sensitive Person，簡稱 HSP。多情而不是無情的我們，像一群天生的「前線哨兵」：總能比別人更早看見、更快聽見，也更容易接住四面八方的情緒。這份感受力是禮物，也會成為負擔。所以我常提醒自己：「結果導向，不問情緒。」MISSION FIRST DOES NOT CARE ABOUT FEELINGS.

這不是叫自己變得冷酷，而是在信息爆炸又支離破碎的今天，學會把不屬於自己的重量放下。情緒的斷捨離，不是無情，是自救；不把網絡世界和現實生活混為一談，是我每日的必修課。

可是不管世界多吵，我依然會為每天升起的太陽感動，也依然願意細心維護腳下的這片土地。Casa Yun，大概就是從這樣的清晨裡慢慢長出來的。

在它真正成為一間房子以前，它先是我心裡的一個方向：在漫長的朝聖路上，為走累的人留一張乾淨的床、一份早餐、一杯熱咖啡，也留一點不必解釋的安靜。旅人可以在這裡停下來，整理背包，也整理心情；天亮以後，再背起自己的故事繼續走。

說到「繼續走」，我每次讀到《腓立比書》那句「向著標竿直跑」，都忍不住笑。小時候在中文語境裡，我常聽見這類鏗鏘有力的話，總以為它們來自某個宣傳口號。後來才知道，「向著標竿直跑」原來在聖經裡；連「日光之下並無新事」，也早已寫在《傳道書》中。那一刻，我既震驚，又覺得很奇妙：原來一些陪伴我們長大的句子，比我們以為的更古老，也更有來處。

而「向著標竿直跑」實在太有畫面感了。我腦子裡總會出現一個人，看到標竿，什麼都不管，衝啊，衝啊，然後「砰」一聲撞上去。每想到這裡，我都會笑。也許信仰裡本來就可以有這樣的幽默：莊嚴不必僵硬，堅定也不必苦著臉。標竿不是拿來撞的，是用來校準方向的；我們要做的，不是跑得比誰都快，而是在跌跌撞撞之中，仍知道自己向哪裡去。

每一段旅程都有開始，也會有結束。但未來可期，希望仍在流淌。Casa Yun 不是終點，更像路邊的一盞燈：提醒每一個來到這裡的人，休息不是停滯，重新出發也不必等到萬事俱備。

所以，衝吧。帶著信仰，也帶著笑；向著標竿直跑，但記得別真的撞上去。