Welcome to a brave new world.

Have you seen this video by Ron Howard? You have to watch it. Go now. I’ll wait right here.

It’s just the best video I’ve ever seen. Except my Halloween video from last year.

Lanterns at the Yosakoi Festival in Ikebukuro

D & Me in Nerima, home of Ranma ½

love from Japan!

Here I am. I finally have unlimited internet time (which is good, because I’m out of 100¥ coins for the moment) for an update. I’m in Shin-Yokohama, in a lovely and elegant hotel room, looking over this hilly section of Yokohama and marveling at how the thickest, greenest patches of trees are wedged in so gracefully with houses, warehouses, and train stations.
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Aie! We leave in two days. Preparations have been along the lines of insane, tempered with occasional bouts frenzy. It has gone something like this:

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