From the monthly archives: March 2011

Return and Renewal

On March 27, 2011 By

Seated by our living room window and reading the newspaper the other day, I found myself becoming somewhat overwhelmed by the higher-than-usual levels of chaos, mayhem, and disaster that the world and its inhabitants have suffered these past few weeks.

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Waiting

On March 19, 2011 By

As I sat more or less comfortably in one of the chairs provided for husbands, fathers, or sons in order to keep them out of the way while their wives, daughters, or mothers perused the racks of clothing for sale in that particular shop, I fell into a period of deep if not entirely profound contemplation on the subject of waiting.

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When Words Just Can’t Say Enough

On March 13, 2011 By

I quickly determined that while many of them spoke English they were not particularly comfortable doing so out of concern that they may say something incorrectly (a trait I’ve noticed in many people from Japan); thus we merely exchanged a few friendly glances across the aisle and focused on our work.

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Worthy of Our Attention

On March 6, 2011 By

Ordinarily, I would have not thought such a matter worthy of notice until my good friend Larry pointed out to me what all this attention devoted to one miscreant celebrity prevents from being reported.

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