Alter Ego

I’m sure it’s true that people try to assume an entirely different persona when creating a character for social games.  I have an alter ego called Captain Schnoodle that exists in a parallel world that is called Toontown. In this made believe town of toons, Captain is exactly how I am, or how I feel [...]

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Ordinariness is Luminous

December is running and running.  Read the other day — Ordinariness is Luminous.  And it really is that ordinariness that is hard to come by.   Moving forward with the running month is not that difficult.  The day to day makes it necessary to move – forward.  It’s the feeling of leaving something behind, that makes [...]

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Maundering

Weekends are made for maundering.   In my case, the actual recipient of rambling is just Renzei, my dog, but there are lot of noises going on in my mind as well.  The chatters goes by and comes back in astonishing speed.  Most of them are probably inconsequential stuff, so I rather it come and go.  [...]

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Smallest of Joy

Went to the Farmers Market.  Went to the No Leash Dog Beach.   Made some mochi with red bean.  Someone added me as a friend on Facebook.  Started a book.  Downloaded some music.  Got a new phone (wait, strike this from joy file). Cut some plants from the yard.  Found some small vases bought for the [...]

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Hands

Early morning today, when I was dozing off, I had a dream.  The dream was about hands holding.  There was no particular plotline.  I just remember the warmth of the hands, so I assume one of the hands were mine.  I woke up and was disappointed that it was just a dream.

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The Running Month

December in Japan is called the month that runs.  It feels that way.  Blink, and it’s over.  Just realizing I’m seeing probably the last snow of the year.  I wonder how I’ll look back at 2008 in the future.  Right now, it’s a year that I definitely will not want to revisit.  At this very [...]

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