2.9: End of the month, the year, the decade
今年もお世話に成りました。 Well, we made it everyone. It is the end of 2020, a challenging year for many reasons. I rounded up my year on the blog, so please take a look....
2.8: Bundled up at home, on a semi-tropical island
Autumn/Winter greetings! Fall doesn’t come to Ikijima the same way it does for other places in Japan. There is no spectacular changing of the leaves like in...
2.7: Happy Halloween! 🎃
Today is Halloween. We invited some of the neighbour children over to do a little trick-or-treating — a kind of cross-cultural experience. Japanese kids...
2.6: Typhoons, travel, and new magazine article!
I am literally sitting in a café right now in Kyoto writing to you all. It is a riverside cafe, so I am enjoying a café au lait and lemon tart on the veranda...
2.5: Summer breaks and travel-writing
[Last month I asked your advice about the frequency of the newsletter and the resounding response was to keep it monthly. So here is your August roundup!...
2.4: Summer has arrived, visiting Nagasaki, and a request for your opinion
After an extreme rainy season that went on an extra 15 days, generated many late night warnings, washed out a number of bridges and killed dozens of people...
2.3: Traveling again, writing as usual
Greetings! Rainy season is upon us in Japan. The air is muggy and it takes forever for laundry to dry. I am sweating as I type this. But those are minor...
2.2: Made it to the island, made it to safety
Greetings from Iki! After two months of hotels and the houses of friends and family, we finally made it to our destination. Six months ago we sent in our...
Vol 2, Issue 1: A new chapter, a new newsletter
Greetings from Japan! First of all, I hope you and yours are well. My family and I are doing fine. As you may or may not know, we moved to Japan about 6...
12 - The Thank You Year (ver2)
A-hoy-hoy! My May letter was sent into an internet black hole, so this month we have a double-packed edition. May is Asian Heritage month, and it was a busy...
11 - Asian History Month, Stream-entering
A-hoy-hoy! It has been a while since I last wrote… almost two months! A very busy time for me as I have been working on a large project at work, and also...
10 - White people, labour and the Buddha, and an event announcement
A-hoy-hoy! The last time we talked, it was a different world. It was before the inauguration of President Trump. I cannot add much more to the myriad...
9 - The end, and traveling Japan
A-hoy-hoy! Enjoying your holidays? Looking forward to a newer, and hopefully better year? It is the last day of the year in Japan and we are watching Kohaku,...
8 - Destroying car culture and an Irreverent Buddha
A-hoy-hoy! I am writing to you from a Starbucks in Japan right now. We are here for three weeks visiting my inlaws. Look for a bunch of posts from Japan in...
7 - Upcoming event! Plus Interac, 500, robots, and cute kids on Japanese TV
A-hoy-hoy! I have been away for awhile. Part of it was busy-ness (and relaxing)… and part of it was a Trump-induced depressive lethargy. 😩 From the Blog...
#6: The Race Issue
A-hoy-hoy! Hashtag #realtalk: we have a systemic race problem in Canada. This month I explore some of the problem, and reveal how I, as a privileged CIS...
#5: Cybercommunism, citizen energy & lots of pics
A-hoy-hoy! Last time I emailed you from a Greyhound bus as I was heading to the Sunshine Coast for a little summer holiday. Since then I have been pretty...
#4: Financialization, racism and camping
Ahoy-hoy! Well, I got a new job. So that is pretty exciting. I will be working on the digital production system for an education content company. I must say,...
Newsletter #3: 英語, Persian, wizard, /bot/, 🍜
Ahoy-hoy! I know it has only been a few weeks since my last email, but I have realized that many of the things I have been writing and reading about are...
Newsletter #2: design, drag, downsizing & self-denial
A-hoy-hoy! How have you been? Been a busy month for me. My recent posts I straightened things up around the blog and launched a newsletter. But you already...