“Meet me in Bashamichi,” my friend texted me. He wanted to introduce me to a restaurant he recently discovered. “Where in Bashamichi?” I texted back. “In front of the sculpture.” “Sculpture?” “The one in front of the coffee shop.” A telling commentary of modern life when we refer to coffee shops as pinpoints on maps …
Yokohama is home to many famous tourist sights. Among them, China Town, Minato Mirai 21, Motomachi, Yamashita Park, and the historic Yamate Bluff quickly come to mind for day trippers as destinations to enjoy and explore. Other more challenging Yokohama locations appeal to hikers and cyclists. https://www.alltrails.com/japan/kanagawa/yokohama Yokohama’s museums featuring art exhibitions of world-renowned artists …
The title page and the ending page are based on the woodcut prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861)
The war in Ukraine continues unabated. Russian forces have intensified their attacks in Ukraine’s eastern and southern regions and unleased a savage firestorm of missiles and rockets on civilian targets in the regions. Civilian casualties continue to mount. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported that the total number as …
I share your frustration with the hype & hypocrisy that’s overtaken the media & politicians on all sides. On the other hand:- a) Genocide as now defined in international law no longer means simply the annihilation of a people, eg. Jews or Armenians; it can cover attempts to destroy the cultural/religious/national identity of a people …
My dear Friend, Here are a few of my thoughts regarding the War in Ukraine in response to your Facebook Comment. One: Genocide First, I would like to comment on your use of the word genocide, with the implied accusation Russia is committing mass extermination of the Ukraine population. Extreme examples of genocide include: The …
Character Studies Continued Felix Gunther Human thoughts are particles of energy that stimulate an artist to paint the Mona Lisa, a composer to write the opera Madame Butterfly, or a medical researcher to discover a vaccine to combat polio. Then again thoughts can drive an individual to commit suicide, fire automatic weapons randomly into a …
The world has turned upside down. War in Ukraine. A civil war in Ethiopia. A proxy war in Yemen. Repression in Myanmar. So many people are suffering external physical and mental duress. But then there are individuals who experience mental disorders caused by psychic pressures or by sexual abuse. The three major characters in the …
The year 2021 passed by quickly, too quickly for me. Already we are into the month of February of my 80th year of life on this earth. And yet I look forward to the coming months and years. I completed the writing of The Dead Enjoy Eating, Too at the end of last year. In January …
I remember years ago as a little boy, I played in the woods near my home in Pacific Grove. The trees and plants were covered with morning dew. Dewdrops hung on spider webs spread across branches. I pretended I was a pioneer stocking wild animals. The only creatures I encountered were squirrels and black widow …