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Continue reading →: Boys and Basketball – and Moms
A family we know pretty well recently moved into our neighborhood and allowed us to install a basketball hoop on their property. They love it too, so it’s a win-win, but they have more room than we do, and in Tokyo, a place of no space, this is no small…
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Continue reading →: More About My Journal
I’ve mentioned here before that I always have my journal with me. I record snippets of conversations; I write down interesting things that I see; I jot a note if I have a story idea – things like that. My friends think I’m a little crazy because I whip it…
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Continue reading →: Ferarri, Baby!!
The Tokyo American Club is offering any of their member who wants to, a test drive of a Ferrari. Done in concert with the local Ferrari dealership, all you have to do is make a reservation. My husband, Marc, is a real car guy and couldn’t resist taking the opportunity.…
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Continue reading →: Parking The Car: A Tribute to my Dad
When I was 16, my dad taught me to drive. He’s not the most patient of men, so I can’t imagine what he had to do in order to hold himself together to prepare my scatterbrained, teenage self for life on the open road. One Saturday, without telling me what…
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Continue reading →: #Quakebook – Bilingual, Physical Book On Its Way
It has been my privilege to work with a talented team of writers, editors and other assorted heroes on the Quakebook. If you don’t know about the Quakebook yet, please go to the website and have a look and consider buying it. It’s a Twitter-sourced compilation of stories from people…
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Continue reading →: Oktoberfest. In May. In Tokyo.
It’s May in Tokyo and naturally, all thoughts turn to… bratwurst and beer. Right? Isn’t it natural in the spring to think of beer gardens and thick, amber ales? Oh wait, that’s autumn. Nevermind. But never fear, those of you who love this food year-round! There’s Oktoberfest in May in…
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Continue reading →: Lessons Learned from Reading _The Imperfectionists_
I just finished reading The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman. My writing group recommended it to me because it is like Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout, (which incidentally won the Pulitzer) in that it is a series of loosely strung-together short stories that feature the same people in them. The novel…
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Continue reading →: We’re Clearly Not in America
Every time I ride out toward Chofu, I see this particular McDonald’s advertisement and I always get a chuckle. When the McDonald’s marketing group created the concept of the McCafe, I don’t think this was particularly what they had in mind. But of course, Japan takes everything and makes it…
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Continue reading →: The Space To Write
Since I live in Japan, space is at a premium. Everything is tiny here, from the food (watermelons that measure 6 inches in diameter) to the roads (barely wide enough for two cars to pass each other in opposite directions) I feel very lucky that our house has a little…
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Continue reading →: A Fantastic Quake/Post-Quake Story
One of the best earthquake/post-quake stories I have heard comes from my good friend, Debra Bajaj. It seems that her upstairs neighbor in her building had arranged for her child go on a play-date to Kidzania on March 11th. For those of you who don’t know, Kidzania is a wonderland. …
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