Lockdown and the conditions of an extraordinary year enabled Kyung Peggy Kim to complete her MA in Mindfulness Studies, nearly fifty years after the completion of her last graduate program. 2020 also served as her catalyst for returning to creative nonfiction. Much of her recent writing involves the subjects of aging, death, transformation, and redemption. She is a grandmother, a Korean immigrant, and a fictive New Englander living in the Boston area.