Scriblets

17 Days… There’s been little time today for wistful recollections of the city I will soon leave. Most of the time was taken up by practica...

18 Days… The old Nozawa photos yesterday got me thinking about the hours of practice, the reams of paper and rivers of ink that characteri...

19 Days… You know how it is. You have a plan or an idea to sit down and do something very specific, but five minutes into it you find your...

20 Days… Thoughts a little low, not so bright today, and maybe a good match for the cloudiness of Kugayama’s sky. It’s one of those times ...

21 Days… Going about the business of making ready to leave Japan, my thoughts seesaw with images and memories of now versus then, the ‘the...

22 Days to Go… I struggle under a veritable wall of books, already nine full boxes sorted for the trash. Not many, but a few at least were...

23 Days on the Calendar Wonder if it’s the preoccupation with packing and preparing for departure, but these days I wake at around 6:00 a....