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Somewhere Underground
There have been only a handful of people in my life whose words and examples made such an impression that my inner and outer life changed course in a way I could not have seen, let alone understood,...
View ArticleBreath of Fresh Air
After surfacing from a three day marathon designing spree with only 2 hours of sleep and three weeks of intense conceptual designing for the Keio Plaza Hotel brochure I've been working on, I'm just...
View ArticleDungeons and Dragons
Back in college at the University of Oregon I knew a barrel-chested, hamburger-scarfing, gas-guzzling, giant macho-jock of an American man named Dave. He was a member of a fraternity and every Friday...
View ArticleChristmas Joy and the Sales Representative from Hell
And there I was, like a good little elf, sitting at my great, big studio desk, humming to myself and thinking, “Okay, this year I’m going to make an effort to show people I care and let them know...
View ArticleFirst Kiss
Late afternoon sunlight casting shadows amidst the sand dunes in Oregon Dunes State Park, Oregon, U.S.A. Just when I thought all contact with old friends had somehow died away I received a letter from...
View ArticleWhite Flags
With Chris Clarke’s call for an ongoing discussion about racism in Blog Against Racism Day my ears have pricked up and heard the buzz of blogs around me again, and I made the rounds of old, familiar...
View ArticleBook By Its Cover
Just finished watching the first three episodes of the American television program Black. White.. It is very likely the most difficult television program I have ever watched. Five minutes didn’t go by...
View ArticleSummer Walks Part 3- So September Blue
View of the Shirane-Three Peaks, with Mt. Kitadake, the second highest mountain in Japan, off to the right side. Here Mt. Noutori rises above the clouds. The valleys hid in shadow below, while the...
View ArticleHoliday Wishes
Like Hiro from “Heroes” I closed my eyes and the next thing I knew I was standing downtown in Manhattan, the yellow cabs bustling past and all the noise and hubub of New York all around me. I was back...
View ArticleHot Bath
She glances down at the edge of the lake and laughs. “Look, there’s ice along the shore! Wonder what it would feel like to dive right in?” “It’s early April, E., the water must be freezing!” I reply....
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