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
Category: Miscellaneous
Posts that do not fit into any specific category.
End of Holiday Season – 2024
It is 8:15 AM on Friday, January 3rd 2025. The morning is gray with a slight drizzle and ample fog which precedes heavy rainfall later this morning. The day after Christmas, most of the nation was in a sort of “work Purgatory,” with only a small reprieve on New Year’s Day which fell on Wednesday.…… Continue reading End of Holiday Season – 2024
Autumn Moon in the Early Morning
誰がこの明るい月を見て、 秋の朝に心動か されないだろうか – 良寛 “Who can remain unmovedbeneath this bright moonon an autumn morning?” – Ryokan
Journal Entry – 10.6.2024
It is 9:22 AM on Sunday, October 6th, 2024. We’re in a heat wave – or dome as they now call it – and it is actually warm in the morning. It is rare to not need a jacket in the mornings here in Pacifica but it is rarer still when it is downright warm,…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 10.6.2024
Journal Entry – Birthday Weekend – 47 Years Old
It is 6:37 AM on Sunday, May 26th, 2024, my birthday weekend. I’m on our extremely large couch with my youngest and our puppy. This is my favorite time of day where everything is quiet except for a soft jazz piano emanating from my “ambiance,” which is the TV showing a peaceful coffee scene on…… Continue reading Journal Entry – Birthday Weekend – 47 Years Old
Israel – Palestine Conflict – My Thoughts
My international experience and language study has taught me that to really understand an issue, you must have lived there and speak the language. International news in every country is skewed through the lends of that language and culture. This distortion has become magnitudes worse over the past few decades as news has become entertainment…… Continue reading Israel – Palestine Conflict – My Thoughts
Journal Entry – 10.28.2023
It is three days before Halloween. This is my favorite time of year, right before the holiday season. It is at this time I miss Ohio with the changing colors of the leaves to brilliant red and orange and the cooling of the weather which heralds Buckeye football. Here in California it does get a…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 10.28.2023
Journal Entry – 10.19.2023
It is 3:52 AM on Thursday, October 19th, 2023. It has been a while since I’ve written this early. I’m up on the 2nd story in my reading nook at the standing desk overlooking the street. I love this time of night when it is silent except for the crickets outside and my fish tank…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 10.19.2023