Having finished reading Richard Parry's "Ghosts of the Tsunami" (sic) today, I wondered again about a photograph I had taken of roadside memorial on my drive through the tsunami zone of southern Iwate and the coast of Miyagi down to Ishino…

I came across this little machine at a client's site. I didn't get a close look at it but from a distance it appears to be a lawn mower. Though given the quality of the lawn it was tending, I'd hazard to call it a grass cutter...

This past week was a bit trying. With my co-worker and partner in crime, so to speak, having handed in her resignation and returned to the USA, things have gotten a fair bit busier on my end. We do have a fellow coming in to lend us a hand…

I was having an online chat this morning with my former co-worker who has safely returned to the United States. She shared a video of her new apartment, she mentioned it was a unit in a converted circa 1960s motel, that is right next to th…

I had some business to attend to in Sendai today so I drove over there using Route 13 up to Yamagata city and then took the Yamagata Road (wonderful name for a toll highway) over to the coast. I took the same route back. It was still light…