Author Archives: Lynda Philippsen

Post Card 5: Sunset at Chirihama Beach

View across the Sea of Japan from Chirihama Beach, Ishikawa, Japan Continue reading

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Post Card 4: Driving myself Crazy

What I am about to do might qualify me for serious medication. Continue reading

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Post Card 3: Night View of Kanazawa

How ironic, the only female party of one in the room, I’ve ordered the “lovers” set. Two glasses of champagne with the Chef’s selection of hors d’oeuvres. Continue reading

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Postcard 2: Scotch Heaven

They–a whole bunch of them get the attribute–say that you can’t step into the same river twice. So five years on since my last visit to Orbite, my favourite spot to drink and write in Kyoto, I arrive to discover … Continue reading

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Postcard 1: Revisiting Old Favourites

  It was smart to stay in a new part of town this trip. I wandered the streets and got myself turned around by going straight. Yup. But that landed me in front of Takashimaya just at the time my … Continue reading

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Yesterday’s Beautiful Begats

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The Beautiful Begats

That’s what artists do–make us see the seemingly tedious and mundane anew. Continue reading

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A Week before Departure

Starting September 15, I’ll be hanging out in Japan. Continue reading

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Ready for takeoff!

I’m fewer than 20 sleeps to lift off. (And yes, I still count sleeps.) After that, for 25 nights I’ll sleep in Japan. Continue reading

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A Toast to Natural Gifts and Elegant Triumphs

I won’t bother with the backstory of getting fabric for an incredibly frustrating project. It’s simply too tedious to type except to say that pure pig-headedness, one of my natural gifts, prevailed.

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