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    just a test post from my phone

    it’s a oddly beautiful day today. I say that because it’s been raining & sunny back and forth all weekend. This morning it got pretty cold though… around 6-7c (mid-low 40′s).

    Fall is moving in fast. Maybe faster then then last year when it was like here then gone.

    pic is of [...]

    Unintended Conseqences…

    March’s Earthquake now linked to a rise in crime in big cities. Apparently, some unintended consequences of a rise in crime in big cities is happening due to Japan’s (mostly good-intended) ‘reduce power’ aka “setsu-den” campaign. [...]

    Risk to tame a fox

    A lot has happened or is happening and its had me confused over what to do next or what I want most. So in this post, the risk I’m going to take is to try and explain by using a passage from a well known story, “The Little Prince” by Antoine De Saint-Exupery [...]

    tanpopo wine soon to be updated

    My wine is soon to be done and I plan on having a review of it soon along with a review on my apple cider I started ages ago.

    ~J

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    Tanpopo wine- A taste of spring.

    The ground around Mutsu has been dormant for months as the winter lingered on, but now Spring seems to have broken through and as a result of the recent good weather– dandelions have literally popped up out of the ground.

    Recently I read an article about making Tanpopo Wine (Dandelion) making (hat tip to [...]

    Japanese Slogans

    One of my school’s new (求め) slogan’s that I had a little fun with using Google Image Search. [...]

    The Long Term

     

    It’s safe to say that the outlying areas of where the earthquake & tsunami hit are getting back to a regular pace. Most grocery stores have meat, vegetables, Milk, and eggs (though slightly at a higher price), People are regularly attending work again (though some never even stopped), and on the whole everything [...]

    Gotsu: A World With-in

     

    My journeys on the train eventually landed me in the great city of Hiroshima. There I was to meet my lady at the station and what a truly wonderful greeting I got too. In the shining city lights of Hiroshima at the turn styles outside Hiroshima Station was her waiting for a big [...]

    An unusual train adventure

    There are some who have called me an alarmist or sensationalist when it comes to writing about all that’s happened since the March 11th earthquake/tsunami though I believe my writings to be mild compared to what’s really happening in the “truly affected” area. This post is only to highlight one of many new challenges that has turned adventure from 3/11. [...]

    Turn off the T.V. and smile

    “The greatest prayer is patience”

    “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.”

    -Buddha (Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)

    My apologies for the long post, but this is an attempt to [...]