“Much praise had already been lavished upon the wonders of the islands of Matsushima. Yet if further praise is possible, I would like to say that here is the most beautiful spot in the whole country of Japan, and that the beauty of these islands is not in the least inferior to the beauty of [...]
It does feel like I went to sleep one night and woke up the next morning in late fall. If it weren’t for the deep, fresh green of the trees it could be November. The air is wet and the skies are gray and the temperatures cool. It is of course a small disappointment. As [...]
I’m thinking about snapping the bottoms off stalks of asparagus, a regular ritual the past couple months. Standing over the sink, the radio on, other cooking activity behind me, the quick task of two servings of asparagus in my hands. The season is probably tapering off now, but new harvests are just beginning. And I’m [...]
I traveled through a fine, cold mist all weekend. Unlikely temperatures for June, more appropriate for November, led to extra layers of clothing and the type of introspection befitting autumn. My rambling took me to a friend’s house last night where the neighboring house, a foreclosure with a sheriff’s notice on the door last time [...]
The waters of the creek were warm and slippery. You had to walk carefully on the slimy rocks but after a day in the stream you were a sure-footed water child. I wasn’t much for slimy creatures like the leeches which were the creek’s one significant drawback but yet I didn’t let them get in [...]
I left the house as the world awoke, the sun coming up about as early as it ever comes up, birds singing the day awake, dew drenched grass, the very soil breathing deep sustaining breaths. Three-quarters of an hour’s drive later, I was on roads that wound through gullied country, past small farm plots, rolling [...]
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