Archive for May, 2008



Last week and the first half of this week is Golden Week in Japan, connecting about 4-5 different holidays into one big long one. April 29th is Showa (the previous emperor) Day, May 3rd is Constitution Day, May 4th is Greenery Day, and May 5th is Children’s Day. May 1, May Day, also [...]

The Kindness of Strangers

Two weeks ago while playing soccer I crunched my Achilles tendon. Bad. It’s almost a “100% rupture of the tendon,” which means I had an easy decision to make: Just let it heal and have no pushing off power for athletic activities or… go under the knife. I’m 40 and play [...]