What do you seek?

The Houses in San Francisco I lived in

A hotel, an apartment, a dungeon — or, safety, love, and belonging, if Maslow's had it right.

Aug 3 • Ashley

1

July 2026

原諒我這一生不羈放縱愛自由

Three lives in Hong Kong, and what they taught me about freedom, distrust, and the cost of choosing your own.

Jul 15 • Ashley

1

June 2026

I left my heart in San Francisco

Torn from the soul

Jun 30 • Ashley

1

May 2026

丞相保重

Chengdu, Red Rum, and Those Who Stay

May 15 • Ashley

4

April 2026

Einfühlung

German: feeling into

Apr 16 • Ashley

2

1

March 2026

同是天涯淪落人，相逢何必曾相識？

We had no reason to know each other. We had every reason to recognise each other.

Mar 14 • Ashley

6

February 2026

Szechuan Mapo Tofu

What we inherit in the kitchen

Feb 26 • Ashley

Love at the End of the World

and the last couple in search of innocence, love and a world that once was.

Feb 14 • Ashley

3

I never did like my name 'Ashley'

This wasn’t the name I planned to keep.

Feb 11 • Ashley

3

January 2026

Sadism, With Empathy

What pain, trust, and care really look like inside BDSM

Jan 21 • Ashley

2

The Meaning of Life is 67

Plot twist, it is no longer 42

Jan 13 • Ashley

2

It's time to talk about sexual shame

We start to learn about sexual shame from the world around us - starting from the teachings we receive from our parents as a kid, then later influenced…

Jan 4 • Ashley

2