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40. A video and goodbye (for now)
Thank you to everyone who responded with their interest (or lack thereof) for a zine of the trip or my next travel newsletter. The form is still open…
Dec 18, 2023
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Day 39: Addendum
A bit of housekeeping at the top. This is the penultimate newsletter I’ll send to this list, after which I’ll gently remove the addresses. Thanks again…
Dec 10, 2023
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Day 39: Addendum
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Day 38 - Slowly at first then all at once
I get the text at 1:34AM letting me know my flight home has been cancelled, and spend about an hour pointlessly worrying before I fall into a fitful…
Dec 3, 2023
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Day 38 - Slowly at first then all at once
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Day 37 - With a little help from my friends
The businessman next to us folds a piece of paper into an intricate origami. He presses it carefully with his palms, then a little less carefully with…
Dec 2, 2023
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Day 37 - With a little help from my friends
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Day 36 - Back to reality
The shinkansen from Fukuoka to Osaka takes about 3 hours, but it feels like we went into space so different are the two cities. Fukuoka, with its…
Dec 1, 2023
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Day 36 - Back to reality
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Day 35 - Time to say goodbye (to Fukuoka)
The sign on the chair reads, in English, Sold Out, with the clarification in Japanese, Out Of Bread. We’ve walked through the idyllic Nishi Park to have…
Nov 30, 2023
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Day 35 - Time to say goodbye (to Fukuoka)
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Day 34 - Rated R for ruh roh
There’s a particular flavor of Google Maps review that goes something like this: I didn’t get in/order the food/experience the main thing of this place…
Nov 29, 2023
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Day 34 - Rated R for ruh roh
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Day 33 - Scenes from Fukuoka
Tsubasa, owner-operator of Fools Gold, is obsessed with North London, mods, Northern Soul, and, somewhat unfortunately, Morrissey. But I can’t blame…
Nov 29, 2023
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Day 33 - Scenes from Fukuoka
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Day 32 - Experiential limit
It hits me at some point on a ride through farmers’ fields on our way to a plant festival, this feeling of my brain being very full. And then, as I’m…
Nov 27, 2023
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Day 31 - You are an artist
When I say art, what do you see? What about artist? Do you see someone who looks like you? Many moons ago when I started teaching, the defunding of arts…
Nov 26, 2023
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Day 30 - Healing
Akira worked as a photographer in New York and France, but the success of his healing business brought him back to Japan. I tell him Akira is the first…
Nov 25, 2023
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Day 30 - Healing
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Day 29 - But I won't do that
I’m staying in a love hotel. Anything I share about it would be prurient, but I can reveal that in order to get in and out of the room I need to call…
Nov 24, 2023
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Day 29 - But I won't do that
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