I just finished a book, "Body Language" by Julius Fast. And before you ask, I did finish it quickly ( Read more... )

It’s raining today ( Read more... )

Right now I’m watching close-ups of songbirds on NHK Tokushima - the images are so close-in that you can see their throat / beak movements as they sing. It’s over now. It was beautiful. It makes me feel better, after another ridiculous Monday. I didn’t get back here until eight o’clock ( Read more... )

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Confession: I’ve been studiously avoiding Tanya and the entire B. clan for the past few months. While I think it was a good (albeit painful) decision that helped me start to move on, I’ve just found out that part of my justification for this was a fraud. That is to say, I got an apologetic e-mail from Tanya today ( Read more... )

(written Wednesday, November 30th)Just to throw you off, here’s a bite-sized update ( Read more... )

(Composed Sunday, November 27)As things have happened, it may surprise you to know that I’m writing this new entry from my old host family’s computer. It also looks increasingly likely that they will turn out to be my only host family. Things are peaceful and uneventful once again. It’s hard for me to imagine that only sixty hours ago I was ( Read more... )