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A Patch to the Soul
I’m really rough on shoes. Okay, that’s an understatement – I’m basically shoezilla breathing down fire and destruction on the Tokyo world of shoe laces and stitched leather. Between the facts that my feet sweat a lot, I incessantly tap my foot to some rhythm in my head, and find myself running or speedily walking […]
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What are you selling?
I was at the mall today wandering through hoping to happen upon a bargain. I hate paying full price for clothes, to the point where it’s almost like a pet peeve of mine. I’ve generally found that shopping for clothes is either a highly rewarding experience, or highly disappointing. This is because it takes a […]
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How Long?
Underneath the daily routines of activity, underneath the stresses of work assignments and deadlines, underneath another year of birthdays celebrated, underneath the clamor of emails, phone calls and texts messages vying for my attention each day, underneath the routines of exercise and brushing my teeth, underneath the laughter among friends and the joy of good […]
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But I Don’t Wanna…
I have a confession to make. I don’t actually like writing. It’s tedious, time consuming, and requires seemingly endless editing. Agonizing over finding just the right words to convey the desired message, or just the right metaphor to describe something can be headache-inducing. Then there are issues of order, flow and organization – the constant […]