Convo with a coworker just now following a class during which I used quite a bit of Japanese. C0-Worker: I’d prefer you didn’t use...

Eleven Years of Black Eye at The Japan Times The announcement of my new column, Black Eye, back in 2014 It’s hard to believe, but this...

This morning, while taking out the trash, I noticed some pretty flowers in our front yard. They had just sprung up out of nowhere. I...