Apology to a hat
Today was a sad day. My hat, the hat I scoured Tokyo shops for, meant to warm my ears for years hence, has been lost to a cold, premature death by the waterfalls of Lake Toya in Aomori prefecture. Perhaps for an hour, it was hopeful of a happy reunion. Inevitably and all too quickly, […]
One week!
Six days from right now, I’ll be on a plane from Tokyo to Hokkaido. Two weeks from now, I’ll be floating somewhere over the Pacific. One year goes by really really fast. Goodness. People keep asking what I’m going to fit in before I go, if I want to see or buy or eat something. […]
New record: 27 (x_x)
Today, we return to an age old topic. Not my age, per se, though the number fits. No, no…recently I think I set a personal record. I really would rather not have. That is to say… egads, but I really detest mosquitoes. Yesterday was Autumn Equinox, a national holiday in Japan. The first day of […]