Lake Chuzenji 2019: Kegon Waterfall
The next morning it was a wet, foggy day in Nikko. A storm was passing through the mountains and although it wasn’t going to be…
Kamakura 2019: Hasedera Temple (長谷寺)
Just down the street from the Great Buddha of Kamakura is Hasedera Temple. The temple is built on the slope of a wooded hill and…
Kamakura 2019: The Great Buddha (鎌倉大仏)
After arriving at Kamakura Station I walked through town to the Daibutsu, aka the Great Buddha. Kamakura is home to the second largest bronze Buddha…
Post #1,000!!!
It only took 7 years, but today I’m publishing my 1,000th post! When I first started publishing online in 2012 it was purely for the…
100 Subscribers!
I was checking the stats for this website earlier this week and noticed that I’ve now passed 100 subscribers. That’s an infinitesimally small number compared…
Seven-Year Writing Anniversary
Today, March 26, 2019, is my seven-year anniversary of writing online. All the way back on March 26 of 2012 I published my first post…
Publishing schedule update (February 2019)
Hi all, I’ve got a small update on the publishing schedule of this website. As you’ve probably noticed, I normally publish new posts on Mondays,…
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A new writing record!
Apologies for tooting my own horn today, but I checked the word count of yesterday’s Italy 2018 travelogue story and I have officially broken my…
Writing in 2019: Goals
It’s traditional in America and many other societies to come up with goals in January for the rest of the coming year. I’m currently brainstorming…
Writing in 2019: A Preview
It’s difficult to predict what I’ll be writing about on this website for the full year of 2019 but I’ve got some thoughts that I’ll…
