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Continue reading →: Construction, Japanese style
My road is under construction. It seems that the water and gas pipes under the street are not as earthquake-safe as they could be, and needed to be replaced. The process has been painful and inconvenient, but I know it’s worth it to be safe. The other day the road…
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Continue reading →: A Special Evening at the British Ambassador’s Residence – for Tohoku
The woman from Ishinomaki, in the Tohoku region of Japan, spoke with passion about the day, just one year ago, that a powerful tsunami, spawned from a powerful earthquake, changed the landscape of her life, both literally and figuratively. Using spare words, she spoke of the rising waters, the running,…
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Continue reading →: Reconstructing 3/11
No one can see into the future, but certainly some people are more adept at analysis and prediction than others. To that end, there is a special book that has just come out for the first anniversary of the disasters and I would urge you to get your copy now. …
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Continue reading →: Growing Together – A Hopeful Sign
The following is a post that first appeared on the e-zine, A Hopeful Sign, for which I write monthly. The site itself inspires me every day with its messages of positive living and the beauty of life. Please look at it if you get a moment. For me, the ability…
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Continue reading →: As the First Anniversary Approaches
You may recall that last year, after the Great Tohoku Earthquake in Japan, I participated in the publication of Quakebook, the first Twitter-sourced book that compiled stories of the quake. Besides spreading a message of hope, Quakebook allowed people to digitally download the book, with 100% of proceeds of sales…
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Continue reading →: Spirituality, Judaism, and My Daughter
I often talk about Bailey and his spiritual journey, but I don’t often speak about Sydney. It could be because Bailey is older and his bar mitzvah is right around the corner, but it could also be that Bailey relates to the religious/spiritual aspects of Judaism in a different way…
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Continue reading →: Crash! Japanese Pedestrians
Yesterday I saw two Japanese people crash right into each other on a busy sidewalk in Meguro. They were walking towards each other and looking at their phones. I was following one of them on my bike and I could have predicted the disaster. Both of them were not walking…
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Continue reading →: Neither French Nor Carpe Diem Mothering
It’s not unusual for me to read parenting articles, but recently I read two articles about motherhood that made me think about the actual act of being a mother rather than just the idea of being a mother. The first one I read was passed around on Facebook a million…
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Continue reading →: More Fun With Japanese English
A few weeks ago I was at my son’s soccer tournament and he allowed a goal (he’s a goalie). From our side of the crowd, after the initial letdown, a shout went up: “Do Mai!” Confused, I turned to my friend next to me, who is Japanese, but grew up…
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Continue reading →: History, Critical Thinking and Writing
Last week, being an avid NPR listener, I heard a story about a speech by Malcolm X, which was given about fifty years ago at Brown University. The reason I found it so compelling is that it had to to with a writing class, initially. A current senior at Brown…
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