The perfect weather for...

“It’s so huge!” my girlfriend exclaimed gripping the wooden bridge rail tightly.  Deep purple was slowly creeping up the edges of the pink sky as night came on casting the scenic area of Arashiyama in a cool evening light.  We stood along the edge letting people pass us by, garnering the occasional odd look.  ‘What [...]

Sale! Sale! Sale!

I love raw fish.  Ever since I was a student and did a study abroad in Nagasaki all those years ago I have enjoyed eating it.  My host mother back then was adamant that I try new things and even though it was tough I am thanking her today for the strange things she made [...]

We forgot to mention...

You know I really wonder how much more broken my back can get with a new ‘last straw’ being added every day.  I marvel at the lack of communication, interaction, and willingness to volunteer what might be valuable information.  Most of all I wonder how I have endured through it all.  I started my job [...]

Take a walk down a road and....

Do you ever get that urge to stand up, get out of your house and follow a road you’ve never been down before, that urge to see something new, feel something different and do something for the first time?  I don’t know about you but I get that urge quite a bit.  I believe that [...]