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Continue reading →: Storage: An Interesting Grocery Conundrum
This is the advertisement in the Wednesday “Food” section of The Washington Post from Harris Teeter, a local grocery store. The point of it is that the store is looking out for the economic health of its customers and giving away items for free – albeit with a purchase. If…
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Continue reading →: Conversations With Brian, or, What I’ve Learned So Far
My friend Brian Ledell is my favorite “Words With Friends” buddy. Some people just play the game, which is an online version of Scrabble, but he and I chat a lot, too. Last week I made a move on the board at about 3am. “Insomnia,” I confessed on our chat. …
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Continue reading →: The Gift of a Haircut
Before she started, Nancy put her hands on top of my head and closed her eyes for a few moments. The warmth of her palms penetrated the wisps of hair still loosely attached to my scalp and suffused me with a measure of calm about a procedure for which I…
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Continue reading →: The Big “C” – Control
“Come on, you need to go to the bathroom. Let’s go.” The command came from a compact woman with a set mouth and a helmet hairdo. I was standing somewhere between the gurney and the hospital bed, supported by my husband and I could only stare at her. I just…
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Continue reading →: A Change in Summer and Autumn Plans
Well, just when you think things are going along all right, life throws a curve ball. More in tune to a writer however, as a friend of mine likes to say when things go wrong: PLOT TWIST! I wasn’t feeling so well when I left Tokyo in June for a…
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Continue reading →: How I Found The Spirit of “DanShaRi” – My New, Favorite Japanese Word
My acupuncturist worked her magic on me but kept muttering over and over about how tense I was compared to my session just two weeks prior. Finally, after the session I told her that we were about to move to a new apartment in Tokyo, and it was just plain…
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Continue reading →: I Can Practice Zen Meditation – They Call It “Practice” for a Reason
Recently I had the fortune to visit Soji-ji, the Head Monastery for the Soto Zen Sect of Buddhist Monks and experience Zen Meditation. Called Zazen in Japanese, this ancient art is about much more than sitting still; it incorporates awareness of the inner and outer world of each person who…
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Continue reading →: Blogging Doesn’t Happen in a Vacuum – My Interview on Expats BlogI have been interviewed by the blogging site ExpatsBlog! You can read the interview and see my opinions on life in Japan HERE. Recently I’ve been connected with other bloggers through Expat blogging sites. These sites are wonderful clearinghouses for bloggers like me, but also for the expats who live…
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Continue reading →: Oven Mania in a New Apartment
If you are reading this post in the U.S., go look at your oven. I bet it’s about 60cm (24 inches, approximately) wide. My oven in our very Western house was about that size up until last week, too. However, last week, we moved house (into a more Japanese apartment)…
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