Sandy Lo discusses her decision to leave Nashville and move back to New York as well as future plans…   I am someone who adapts easily, embraces change and looks forward to new adventures and setting new goals for myself. For these reasons alone, I have decided to move back to New York. To many, this comes as a surprise. I’ve been hearing things like, “I thought you loved Nashville?” Oh, and I do love Nashville—very much so! I will miss all of my friends, who have become a second family to me. I will miss the cafes and convenience of things being fairly close together.

Short story by Sandy Lo.  Part of “The Umbrella Series”.  Teenage DiDi reluctantly borrows her sister’s umbrella. >>December in Manhattan was bitter and hectic. DiDi ventured in the city anyhow, along with her eldest sister, CiCi. They took the express bus from Staten Island. The weather, according to CiCi, who checked things such as traffic and news, suspected an early evening drizzle. CeCe brought an umbrella in spite of Di Di’s protest that it was sunny out and meteorologists are never accurate these days.

Being a born and raised New York City girl, country music wasn’t a consistency in my life. Music was, though. I grew up in the South Beach projects in Staten…