Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
“That looks cool!” Chris said each time he passed a poster for the Eitetsu Hayashi acoustic taiko drumming concert. “Go ahead and get us tickets to that!” Surprise—the ever-changing deployment schedule shifted and Chris was unable to attend. Fortunately my friend Chrissy said she’d enjoyed a similar concert so much she’d see it again. So…
“Whither now should look—where is the place of parting?Boundaries all have vanished; nothing tells of direction:Only waste of sea under shining moon!”—Lafcadio Hearn, “In Ghostly Japan”
Seriously, the mint is out of control. I decided to fight back with some Herbs on the Lam lamb chops with a yogurt sauce and Sweet Summer Nights Salad. Chris is always interested in new ways to eat red meat and/or potatoes, but in the end we decided lamb is a little chewy. Good flavor…
“No spot in this world can be more horrible, more atrociously dismal, than the cindered tip of the Lotus as you stand upon it. But the view—the view for a hundred leagues—and the light of the far faint dreamy world—and the fairy vapors of morning—and the marvelous wreathings of cloud: all this, and only this,…
Chris and Mari Krueger ascended the summit of the honorable Fuji-san at sunrise on July 4, 2010. Happy Independence Day from the Land of the Rising Sun! More to come.
The Dutchess of Bedford sank after threeSomething she has in common with meThe evening improves, my mind becomes freeWith coffee at breakfast and afternoon teaSummer requires lighter fare. In the cold winter months I enjoy a hot, toasty wheat bagel, and now that it’s warmed up I can reset to my favorite yogurt breakfast. I…
In these uncertain and trying times of Navy ridiculousness there’s one thing I can count on to remain constant: this time of year, no matter how many handfuls of mint I pull out of the garden, it looks completely regrown every morning. Yes, “They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:23). Last…
