on the edge of ordinary

Yesterday we farewelled our son to go to Guam (see the map). He'll be back next Tuesday, all things going well. He's there to run i...

9am Lot's going on here . . . and nothing. School's been cancelled for the day due to a large typhoon that's skimming our coast,...

My boys have become firm fans of an Australian band— Sons of Korah . I must say I'm a bit mystified as to why, but I'm not unhappy. ...

Today is Health and Sports Day in Japan, a public holiday first held in 1966 to commemorate the Tokyo Olympic games two years previously. ...

Yesterday we attended our last cross country meet for the season. Our son ran a personal best again. Though he didn't reach his goal, k...

Every since I worked as an assistant music teacher for my piano teacher when I was in my last two years of school, my philosophy has been th...

Interesting Japan-related "media" I've seen or read recently: 1. This is the testimony of  a Japanese career woman  who came...