The beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning?

Today felt a lot different than yesterday did.  I awoke this morning and felt lighter, alive, and full of purpose.  Clouds that had been hanging over my head for over a year had finally dissipated to reveal a bright blue sky (or rather gray but with a nice warm breeze).  What could have happened to [...]

Procedure…A-B-C, 1-2-3

What I don't have anymore

‘Excuse me, I seem to have lost something,‘ I said gaining the attention of a station attendant standing next to a ticket window.  ‘Just a few minutes ago my iPod fell from my pocket and I was wondering if someone stopped by here and dropped it off.’ Kyoto station at [...]

Check please!

Time to call it quits like these leaves

Something dawned on me as I sat staring at my computer at work last week.  How it had slipped my mind after thinking about it so much I don’t know but it did.  I pulled out my wallet to check the date on my Japanese green card [...]

Anchors away!

Not this Thanksgiving

How do you feel about Thanksgiving? How do you feel about Independence Day? What do you think about Easter, Memorial Day, Labor Day, even Christmas? What goes through your mind those days and weeks before they arrive? Do you even notice them as they pass by or [...]