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What Are You Doing? 26 Aug 2013 | 11:02 pm
Sometimes people have asked me what I’m doing with my time since being diagnosed with cancer. I must admit that some days it takes a lot of energy to simply exist. Luckily those days are few, and wh...
Storage: An Interesting Grocery Conundrum 23 Aug 2013 | 10:33 pm
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...
Conversations With Brian, or, What I’ve Learned So Far 21 Aug 2013 | 08:17 pm
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...
The Gift of a Haircut 11 Aug 2013 | 03:20 am
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 m...
The Big “C” – Control 31 Jul 2013 | 11:09 pm
“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, sup...
A Change in Summer and Autumn Plans 29 Jul 2013 | 09:57 pm
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 f...
What Can You Do With Leftover Frying Oil? 4 Jun 2013 | 04:16 am
When frying in oil, the question of what to do with the leftover frying oil is always a problem. It can’t be just thrown down the sink without dire consequences to the plumbing. It also can’t be thr...
How I Found The Spirit of “DanShaRi” – My New, Favorite Japanese Word 30 May 2013 | 03:46 am
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...
I Can Practice Zen Meditation – They Call It “Practice” for a Reason 28 May 2013 | 04:12 am
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 th...
Blogging Doesn’t Happen in a Vacuum – My Interview on Expats Blog 23 May 2013 | 06:32 am
I 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 ...
