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Top 20 in 2020
Two thousand twenty. Twenty-twenty. 2020 I'm sitting here on the cusp of the New Year, looking back over the last 12 months. And what a year was 2020. And in looking back, I decided to list my Top 20 of 2020 broken down into Top 5s in 4 categories. 1-5 — Top 5 Books I …
Yomitan Day Trip
I haven’t been venturing out much. Like many places, COVID has been on the rise out in town. Okinawa is a tourist destination for mainland Japan, much like Hawaii. So even though Japanese do wear masks, I have opted on the side of caution and have just stayed home. Staying home has never been a …
How Is It October 15?!
OMG. Today is October 15. The Ides of October. I just got over that it was October 1 and now here it is mid-month already. Seriously, I'm about 7 weeks behind. I couldn't believe when the calendar flipped over to October. At the beginning of the month, I started writing a completely different post. I …
Thoughts on a Weird Year
This has been the weirdest of years. If tomorrow the news reported that aliens were invading, I'd probably shrug and keep going about my day. Alien invasion? That's a slow news day after a year filled with as much emotion as 2020. I've been thinking about the weirdness of 2020 quite a bit because I've …
Countdown To NaNoWriMo
Preparing for November and NaNoWriMo!
Diversifying My Reading
9 books by POC authors that I have read in 2020
Resetting Expectations (Or Why I’m Building A Blanket Fort)
I don't have any Okinawa adventure stories this week because COVID. Sadly, COVID seems to be the reason behind so many questions. Where are you going this weekend? Nowhere because COVID. What are you doing today? Nothing because COVID. And since COVID cases here in the Okinawa Prefecture have been rising, in respect to my …
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Rainy Day Miscellany
It's a rainy day here, and so I thought I'd share some of the random Japanese things.
Sea Glass Beach
Where I attempt to find Sea Glass Beach
