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Category Archives: Essays, Fiction, Poetry
Tourist or Traveler: Which are You?
Are you a tourist or traveler? Does the distinction matter? Continue reading
Takaaki Abe and the Granpa Dome Factory Farm System
It is always a pleasure to share inspirational stories of people like Takaaki Abe whose innovation and entrepreneurship reminds me that age is no barrier to human imagination or success. Continue reading
Updated: Who is Japanese?
There is a great deal of discrimination and record keeping along blood lines which determines who is or is not “truly” Japanese. Continue reading
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Tagged Ariana Miyamoto, Japanese citizenship, Racism in Japan
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A Meditation on Monotones
One of the most delightful aspects of travel through Japan is the way the beauty of monotones causes a place in the heart so often dormant to constrict. Continue reading
Touch someone with your love today
“When you are dying you need to be told how loved you are,” Barbara Winters says. Why wait that long? Continue reading
Patrick Chan WINS Silver in Sochi
Patrick Chan did not settle for silver. He WON it. Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Fiction, Poetry, This & That
Tagged Patrick Chan, Silver Medal, Sochi Olympics
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Merry Christmas!
Iit has become lexically unfashionable in some circles to use the word Christmas. Continue reading
Tourist or Traveler: Does the distinction matter anymore?
Now-a-days such distinctions have blurred somewhat. Traveller or a tourist, most often each is going somewhere with some anticipation of a good time as well as experiences not to be found at home. Continue reading
Grass Blooms (Issa)
In my province grass blooms too. (Issa) Continue reading
All I wanted was directions
It suddenly occurs to me that he is not only a traffic cop, but also a member of the self-appointed diction police. He is correcting my pronunciation. I’m mangling the name of the temple—two long o vowels, not short. Continue reading