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2020NYinJapan Part 4: Iki
That narrow corridor of water between Japan and continental Asia, the confluence of three seas โ East China, Yellow, and the Sea of Japan โ is called the Korea Strait. It is about 200km wide, and is bisected by the long…
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2020NYinJapan Part 3: Ise
In a time before time, the sibling deities Izanagi and Izanami (who were married, but that is a different tale) stood on the Floating Bridge of Heaven. They had a jewelled spear which they dipped into the ocean below. After pulling…
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2020NYinJapan Part 1: Tokyo
We spent less than a day here, getting up early on Jan 1st โ known as gantan (ๅ ๆฆ) in Japanese. A friend who I had not seen in many years picked us up from the hotel, and we all went for…
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Fear not the Blank White Page
Writing is how you complete your thoughts. An excellent quote from a piece on writing by Drew Magary. He writes about how he keeps a notebook of as-yet unformed thoughts so he never starts with the dreaded Blank White Page. Once…
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Symphonic society
In many Buddhist traditions monks and nuns depend on the support of the surrounding community to survive. Thai Forest Monastery monks will walk to the local village with alms bowls in which villagers will place rice and fruit โ which will…
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The best of 2019
It has been a couple years since I did a year-end roundup of books and film. This year was one of ups (finally travelled to India) and downs (lost my last living grandparent), of self-reflection (learning about leadership, going on retreat…
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Considerations for planning out your online portfolio
I am looking for advice from online creatives. How do you organize your various projects online? Let me give you some context. I have a couple of ongoing projects I am planning to start next year. I would like to blog/photo/video/post…
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To witness excellence
This past weekend Skate Canada International was held in my small city of Kelowna, BC. It brings together some of the top figure skaters in the world. I am not really a figure skating fan, but thought this would be a…
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