Going Alone

Yumiko and I talk together now the way I imagine a frontier couple might have once talked after they’d resolved to leave the east on a...

I had a conversation yesterday with Emily which I’d been waiting for since she was born. It was while Yumiko was cooking dinner, and...

After work yesterday I went to the beach to sit on the sand and behold… Waves, as big as a winter storm were marching up from the...

Less and less. The stress of work is slowly fading away in the same way that the stress of university began to fade in the months before...

I must type quickly this morning as I’m having my heart scanned at 6:45 and I don’t want to be late. I rather enjoy such trips to the...

I injured myself again yesterday. Entering the sea after work I jumped over a wave and twisted my foot. Now, I’m limping from both sides....

Such moments! I found myself, yesterday, back in the sea of my childhood; a warm, frothing surf, pulsing with great forward energies...

We’re moving Emily out of her university dormitory this weekend. She’ll stay home with us for a week and then she’s gone, off to Japan...

Great news! Emily gets to remain both American and Japanese. The Japanese government has issued her a new passport without demanding that...

It’s a milestone day for my daughter. She’s going to the Japanese consulate today to pick up her new passport. There’s a chance they’ll...

Such a nice evening yesterday. After sundown, before dinner, I sat in the yard with my dog and strummed my dad’s guitar while making up...

I was awake again last night. But it was different. Instead of worrying over work, or fretting I wasn’t getting enough sleep, I simply...

We’re moving our daughter out of her dormitory this weekend. Finals are done and another year of university is complete. Emily will stay...

Driving 50 miles has become an adventure, or misadventure perhaps. This is because I can no longer stay alert while driving, and must...

Warm ocean water… The sea has suddenly warmed. And stepping in up to my ankles yesterday felt like youth found again in an old photo. I...

One extra cookie… What folly. Now, I’ve been paying for it feeling sick for half a day since. But they certainly were rather large...

A long day of work yesterday, which really clobbered my well being. It was only a few extra hours, but that did the trick. Long gone are...

These last 24 hours! What is going on? It’s like something switched on, and my brain and body and resolve suddenly aligned like Iron...

Yesterday afternoon was nice. I took half a day off to see my doctor, the best doctor ever. We talked about my awful panic attack a few...

There is an enormous river of cool air that flows constantly above where we now live. The whole sky seems always in motion, flowing from...