I thought I’d have more notes reading this book like I did when I read Lafcadio Hearn’s “Japan, An Attempt At Interpretation.” The books were different in that this book didn’t get into the culture very much and just related tales, which, inherently teach us about Japanese culture but not to the depths of An…… Continue reading Tales of Old Japan – Lafcadio Hearn
Lapham’s Quarterly – Disaster
This is an edition of Lapham’s Quarterly I read sometime in the last decade. It was after I started highlighting passages in books I was reading but before I started recording those highlights here. I’m finally getting around to adding those highlights. Man is so opinionated that he sees only himself as the object of…… Continue reading Lapham’s Quarterly – Disaster
Lapham’s Quarterly – Arts & Letters
This is an edition of Lapham’s Quarterly I read sometime in the last decade. It was after I started highlighting passages in books I was reading but before I started recording those highlights here. I’m finally getting around to adding those highlights. He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will…… Continue reading Lapham’s Quarterly – Arts & Letters
Japan, An Attempt At Interpretation – Lafcadio Hearn
I’ve always though to read some of Lafcadio Hearn’s works. When you live in Japan for any sort of time and take an interest in the culture you’ll eventually hear of him as being the first “Japanophile.” I’m sure there were others but given his literary works, and that there were few ‘gaijin’ around back…… Continue reading Japan, An Attempt At Interpretation – Lafcadio Hearn
America: a bewildered country
America is a country in a state of bewilderment. We’re going through unprecedented times where the country I once new, and was proud to be a citizen of, is rapidly disappearing. The current administration is using the “flood the zone” strategy, floating, then implementing policies where two decades ago, the politician would have been met…… Continue reading America: a bewildered country
Tokyo – 2025
It is Saturday, June 21st, 2025 and I’m in Shibuya at the Mikkeller bar. This is Danish beer that my friend Jonas told me about when they opened a place in San Francisco. It lasted for about 7 years but was hit hard by COVID. I’ve been to Mikkeller in Shibuya before but it was…… Continue reading Tokyo – 2025
Tsuruse – 2025
I’m sitting next to a small stream next to the apartment I lived in 24 years ago here in Tsuruse, Japan. This is where the my first job after college – the English school Nova – placed me and I spent a year here with three roommates who came and went. I still remember my…… Continue reading Tsuruse – 2025
2025 – Spain – Second Post
It is Sunday, April 13th and we’re on the flight home. I’d brought my laptop with the idea that I’d write a bit before bed during the trip but that never happens. So, I have a journal entry on the way to Spain and now a journal entry on the way home. It was…… Continue reading 2025 – Spain – Second Post