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Continue reading →: Critical Thinking, Freedom, Your Right And Responsibility to Creativity: At What Cost? Part TWO!
Yesterday on Trisha Wooldridge’s blog, she and I began a debate on personal freedom and safety and ways to balance the two in a free society. We talked a bit about the issues facing the U.S. and Japan (the countries where we live) and began to discuss potential resolutions to…
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Continue reading →: Critical Thinking, Freedom, Your Right and Responsibility to Creativity: At What Cost? Part One
Part one of the scholarly discussion between Trisha Wooldridge and me is at her blog, while part two will be in this space tomorrow! Watch for it and enjoy!!
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Continue reading →: It’s Golden Week in Tokyo!
This week in Japan is known as “Golden Week” because of the string of national holidays contained within it. The Japanese have a different, more collective, take on vacations from work than Americans do. Americans have a certain number – often between 10 and 20 – vacation days and a…
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Continue reading →: Blog Matsuri!
This month I was lucky enough to be included in the JapanSoc Blog Matsuri (festival) sponsored by Gakuranman. Here is the link to it for your viewing pleasure: click here. It has posts by some of the best English-language bloggers in Japan, so enjoy!
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Continue reading →: Time for Writing
Lately I am having an issue with time. Okay, so it’s not lately. It’s a normal state of affairs for me. Last week, my good friend Trish Wooldridge wrote a great posting about the reality of time – keeping track of the things that take up her time. It really…
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Continue reading →: Mount Takao – a Trip to Japan in Itself
Just about an hour west of Tokyo lies the little paradise that is Mount Takao. It’s an oasis of sorts – a quick escape from the city with fresh air and real nature. Even though the Japanese refer to the Mountain as “Takao-san” or Mr. Takao, my friend Steve likes to…
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Continue reading →: Filmmaking and Writing and Learning
On Monday I was fortunate to have lunch with filmmaker Tamara Rosenberg, who was in town for the Asian University for Women (AUW) event from last week. Tamara is a freelance producer whose best-known work is the film she presented at the event, “Time for School” which follows the lives…
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Continue reading →: My Best-Kept Secret in Tokyo
It doesn’t mean to be hiding, but its location on the Roppongi Hills plaza, across from the Enoteca, without a marking on its door, gives it an air of mystery. The reality is that the restaurant is branch of popular and established restaurant with a main branch in Nihonbashi with…
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Continue reading →: Beyond Writing – The Experience of Education
Farhat took my hand coolly when we met and gave me her mysterious smile. She adjusted her yellow head scarf after we shook hands as she was saying it was a pleasure to meet me. She wore a tunic of blue over plain pants that might pass as blue-jeans. Whatever…
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Continue reading →: Candy, Japanese Style
Though you might not believe it, the Japanese do like their candy. They just like it in a different way than we do. Well, perhaps I’m being hasty. I’m a purist about my chocolate. I like my chocolate to just be chocolate – I’m not even a fan of truffles…
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