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Continue reading →: #Quakebook
Right after the earthquake of March 11th, one man, simply called @OurManInAbiko on Twitter, put out a fledgling idea to the Twitterverse. His dream was to put together a book of people’s experiences surrounding the quake, and publish it, with the proceeds of every sale going to relief efforts in…
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Continue reading →: Regarding family, not the quake
Last week when I arrived in Florida unexpectedly, I realized that it would be a bonus visit to my grandparents. My grandmother is 89 and lives in an independent living place where she has her own apartment and goes into a lovely dining room for dinner. Last December she told…
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Continue reading →: The Facebook Effect
In the movie “The Social Network” Marc Zuckerberg is portrayed pretty much as a jerk. Heck, not even “pretty much” – he’s portrayed as an emotion-free idiot! I’m sure it’s exaggerated for the sake of film, but it doesn’t really matter much. I’ve been thinking these last days, though, that…
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Continue reading →: When Writing Isn’t The Answer
In my life, I’ve written about everything. I wrote about my feelings at all of my major life events – bat mitzvah, graduations, wedding, and reams and reams of paper about my children. As you readers well know, I write about minor crises, and I write about major crises. But…
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Continue reading →: Tokyo Tuesday – not in Tokyo
I am not sure what else there is to say about this earthquake. Everyone can tell their story – as I suppose you want to hear mine. I was at home. Nothing remarkable about it except that the shaking lasted too long and felt too hard. I ran for my…
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Continue reading →: Shades of Gray, Part Deux
In this ongoing journey of parenting, sometimes you hit on something that has the power to change your outlook, and this week, we have caught a glimpse of such a thing. On Monday, when I picked up the kids from school, Bailey came out with a big frown on his…
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Continue reading →: Tokyo Tuesday, A Quick Pic
Recently I was at Haneda airport in the new international terminal. To get from the gate to the plane, not only did passengers need to go out on a jetway, but we also needed to go down a flight of stairs to get to that jetway. Well, being slightly lazy,…
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Continue reading →: Shades of Gray
A Special Saturday Blog posting on Parenting. Parenting, without a doubt, is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. It is getting more difficult with each passing year, but also more rewarding. As my children (Bailey, age eleven, Sydney age eight) grow, they are becoming my favorite dinner dates – I…
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Continue reading →: Choices
This week has been about the choices I’ve made and continue to make in my life. Writing is not necessarily a choice for me; it’s who I am more than what I do. The choice for me regarding my writing is how much time I devote to it and how…
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Continue reading →: When is a cake not just a cake?
In Japan, everything has to be wrapped just so. Recently I bought a small cake – a castera – vanilla/egg cake of Portuguese descent. It was a gift for a friend. My friend thought it was a wonderful present and so delightfully wrapped. So first she unwrapped the outer paper. …
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