Chicago — I never thought in a million years I’d ever spend any serious amount of time in Asia, let alone Japan. I was just coming out of Africa and was desperately trying to lay roots in France. All my efforts...
Chicago — The Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra treated us to a rare performance of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony at the Pritzker Pavilion tonight. O believe, You were not born for nothing! Have no...
Chicago — The upside of being an expat is it forces introspection. It gives you the time and space to process your experiences that short trips don’t. I learned how wonderful it is to live simply from living in...
Community gardening
Terrace House
Mahler's Resurrection Symphony
The salad bed in our garden
A connection revisited
Spring, just for today though
You can take the expat out of Japan....
It's so fascinating reading what others have written about Tokyo on this platform. It's been 6 years since I left and I've been having random flashbacks ever since.