1) We’ve lived so many hours that the things we’ve forgotten far surpass the things we choose to remember. The people, and places, and names we’ve forgotten can only be brought back with a yellowed photograph or a dinner table mention or a song, and even then, it may be a struggle to remember. My cousin posted a photo […]
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There Are More Seas
March 23, 2013 
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Living in a foreign country can enable one, if they’re not careful, to become very solitary. It’s easy to withdraw into oneself when the primary language spoken is not one’s own, is incomprehensible, and sounds like nothing more than Charlie Brown’s teacher– “Wah wah wah wah wah.” Dear Friend and Friend and Friend and…, Living in a foreign country has […]
Read moreWe Know What We’re Waiting For
March 22, 2013 0 Comments
1) In this place, I’m not the only one waiting. Boys are waiting, girls are waiting, birds are waiting. It’s coming, and we’re all waiting. Some of us not too patiently, but I’ve been patient. The unraveling of these years, the tapestry of life, has taught me not to fight what cannot be controlled. I’m […]
Read moreRe: Visiting and Returning to Shimoda
March 22, 2013 4 Comments
(March 20th) Dear Friends, When I leave Tokyo, barring any unforeseen circumstances, it will be spring. The streets will be lined, as they are today, with cherry blossoms. Trees blooming and blowing pink and white. It will be the frailty of the buds floating, then crushed on concrete, and the balmy air mixed with smoke that […]
Read moreForeseeable Disasters
January 26, 2013 2 Comments
Dear Friends, A few days ago, there were prolonged tremors. Usually, the tremors last a few seconds or at most a minute, but the other morning, they seemed to go on and on. The shaking didn’t faze me at all, and in my half-sleep I thought, “Wow, I’m used to earthquakes now.” It’s amazing the […]
Read moreBuilding Blocks: Being “In Love”
December 28, 2012 21 Comments
“Please let me make a true confession, I have never been in love before.” – Bernard Wright (Who Do You Love?) You might think it strange to have as many conversations about romantic love as I’ve had this week, since I’ve never been “in love.” I’ve been in love with many things in this life: […]
Read moreDoutor… (This Has Nothing To Do With Doutor At All)
December 5, 2012 8 Comments
Dear Friends, I’ve spent about fifteen minutes trying to untangle the necklace I’d like to wear tomorrow, and since it’s becoming frustrating I’ve decided to take a break. In the fourteen months that I’ve lived in Japan, a number of people have left the school and the country. It’s crazy how many have come and gone […]
Read moreFood and Friends: “We Happy And Smiling ‘Cause Now We Living Good”
October 3, 2012 0 Comments
Hi Friends, I promise you there won’t be a Komatsuya post every week, but… A few days ago, I asked B and LD if they wanted to go to Komatsuya in Ningyocho to be extremely carnivorous. B, who’s enjoyed the Komatsuya experience, and LD, who had yet to feel the pleasure, readily agreed. As I thought about it some […]
Read more“The Days Grow Long:” The Shortest Post Ever
September 28, 2012 9 Comments
I rode the train to Azabu-Juban, this afternoon, to pick up my apartment keys from Kaz. It took us an hour and a half to go over the documents and sign all the paperwork; two copies of everything. I signed my name to promises like “I won’t burn the apartment down,” “I won’t disturb my neighbors,” “I will […]
Read moreFinding a Place in Tokyo: Moving on Up… Up and Over
September 25, 2012 7 Comments
Dear Friends, “Make a decision and make the decision right.” – Abraham-Hicks Last week, something clicked while listening to a lecture on abundance, and I felt that my biggest desire, an apartment, could be mine now. For some months, I’ve been putting off moving into my own place by saying that I need to save more– save for moving and […]
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