I never get tired of exploring Nara. A couple of weeks ago, I took another trip there and as usual I avoided going to the park. It’s not that I don’t like going to see the deer, it’s just that I think there’s more to the city. So I wandered through the back streets and […]
EMBRACING OUR DIFFERENCES
Life is about learning, growing, celebrating our similarities and embracing our differences. These take many forms and are not always physical. During a recent conversation with a student in which we discussed a variety of topics, we eventually made our way to the well known idiom: A rolling stone gathers no moss. The first time […]
Nature Comes Alive
They say that nature comes alive in spring; that it awakens from its long winter’s sleep. That is no truer than in Japan when the blossoms open their faces to the warming sun. It also seems to be a time of awakening for the people as well. This time of year is by far the […]