Anything that is to do with my life that doesn’t fall into work or play
“A riot is the language of the unheard.” ~Martin Luther King America is in the middle of a very painful transition. Growth of any kind is painful. And it isn’t the change itself that causes the pain, but rather the resistance to change. While it is easy and understandable to …
For me, that equation and the breaking point was reading “Your money or your life“. I had a good job. I was well paid, I liked my colleagues, and really had no reason to complain. But I was also terribly unhappy. I had anxiety about going work everyday, frequently hoping …
Zuimei and I visited Taiwan this week. We went to the night market, the Yingge Pottery area and Din Tai Fung for soup filled dumplings (xiao lum bao). We got to see Tony and Phil and spent a wonderful day together.
I fired the kiln for the first time today. Zuimei had bought the kiln online for around $1200, and is a very large gas kiln. We had to get a crane to move it into place. Weighing in at 800 kg it was not easy to get into place and …
My brother and sister in law took me to Ashikaga Flower Park which was absolutely amazing. We arrived in the evening, around 6 but the park was completely lit up and still super busy. The first thing we thing we saw was the most amazing wisteria I have ever seen. …
Our property in Japan is larger than the property in Newmarket. the garden is quite extensive and is a variety of flowers, vegetables, wild plants and more. We have several Sakura (Cherry blossoms) and Rhododendron, with beautiful pink flowers, as well as wild mountain flowers, the red and fuchsia. We’ve …