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Continue reading →: Holy Smart Cars – it’s a Ferrari!
When my husband first saw this photo, he thought it was just a regular Smart Car with a Ferrari sticker on it. But oh ye of little faith, I checked in with my “friend” Google and found out that yes, Ferrari has been making a smart car. At first it…
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Continue reading →: Time is of the Essence
I have written extensively on the time it takes to be a writer. But it’s not just time, it’s discipline. Someone ought to invent “writers’ glue” that sticks writers’ butts in their chairs for a minimum amount of time each day. Oh yeah, and while they’re at it, the special…
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Continue reading →: No Purses or Bags on the Floor!
In Japan, as in other Asian countries, there is a superstition about putting purses and other bags directly on the floor. A Cambodian friend of mine once told me that if a purse was on the floor, all the money would fall out of it – and she meant it…
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Continue reading →: I Can’t Hear In Email Very Well
The other day, the American School in Japan (ASIJ), where my son is in 8th Grade, sent out an email reminder to ask parents to e-sign a permission slip for the kids to stay after school to go to the high school football game. It’s a K-12 school, and once…
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Continue reading →: Oh What a Summer it Was!
I took a break from blogging for the summer, as you may have noticed, but here I am renewed and refreshed from some time away from Tokyo. I spent about ten weeks in various parts of the East Coast of the United States with friends and family. Here are a…
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Continue reading →: On Being Done
Tuesday was my last day as a teacher at the International Secondary School. Last week my son finished grade 7 and my daughter finished grade 4. My writer’s brain searches for meaning in everything, so I can’t help but wonder what it all means – starting, finishing, seasons, changes –…
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Continue reading →: Making Umeshu – Take Two!
This is our second year in a row of making umeshu (plum wine) from scratch for my good friend Saori and me. This year we got serious. We bought the “right” type of containers, the perfect amount of plums and alcohol, and found good directions. We were determined to follow…
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Continue reading →: British Pub Humor in Tokyo
I have an American friend here in Tokyo whose mission it is to try all of the smoke-free craft brew places that she can. Her hunt led us to the Aldgatein Shibuya. It’s a great little place off the beaten path on the second floor of a building that is…
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