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
Author: Mateo de Colón
Global Citizen! こんにちは！僕の名前はマットです. Es decir soy Mateo. Aussi, je m'appelle Mathieu. Likes: Languages, Cultures, Computers, History, being Alive! \(^.^)/
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
2025 – Spain – First Post
Spain Trip We woke up at 3:10 AM for a 5:50 AM flight. It is always a horror getting up that early but the benefit is that the flights are usually wide open and there is little traffic on the way there. There were 100 empty seats on the 5:50 AM flight where we might…… Continue reading 2025 – Spain – First Post
Convenience Store Woman: A Novel
I never really thought about convenience stores in Japan although I’d frequent them when I lived there as well as when I return ever summer. For me, I’ll always get my vitamin drink (D-something, which tastes a bit like medicine) as well as sample the new beers as well as purchase my old favorites. It…… Continue reading Convenience Store Woman: A Novel
A Month in the Country
For the past two years, my favorite books have been about pre-industrial life in the country, mostly England, Spain, Japan and France in that order. This was another book about life in those times and although it is fiction gives me a little more feeling as to what those times must have been like. Here…… Continue reading A Month in the Country
The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
I’d been meaning to read this book for a long time. Recently, I’ve been using the Libby app more and more and discovering how wonderful it is to be able to borrow digital books from the library. This is apparent given all my book posts recently, I’ve been doing a lot of reading and finally…… Continue reading The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
I Am a Cat
I don’t recall where I heard about this book but it was in my “to read” list. I enjoy books written pre-1900 because it gives me insight into history. With only history books and a few videos taken in the early days of video recording the past feels formal, dry, without any feeling. Reading books…… Continue reading I Am a Cat
The Pillars of the Earth
It has been a tough start to 2025. There has been dramatic change at both work and politically. Those two things combined with two illnesses I haven’t had much energy or motivation to do much outside of work except read. Therefore, I’m a bit behind on my reading notes having read three other books since…… Continue reading The Pillars of the Earth