Notes from the 'Nog

"Language, or more properly, grammar, is the obstacle that blocks the path of anyone ambitious to fit within the skin of a cultivate...

The next installment of the Kyoto Streets series, at Deep Kyoto: http://www.deepkyoto.com/a-rainy-season-stroll-on-kyotos-gokomachi...

Howard's End by E.M. Forster American Pale Ale , Shipyard Brewing Company On the turntable:  The Damned, "Anythin...

"The real punk rock in America is bebop." On the turntable:  Lee Perry, "Arkology"

Drink Time by Dolores Payás Kaleidoscope Pale Ale , Wiper and True Brewery On the turntable:   "The Blues Brothers...

Notes from Walnut Tree Farm by Roger Deakin   Laughing Frog Bitter by 1648 Brewing Company On the turntable:   Foghat, ...

On the Writers in Kyoto site... "Up now on the website is a piece by WiK member, Ted Taylor, about walking along the Kamog...

  Flashman by George Macdonald Fraser Doom Bar Amber Ale , Sharp's Brewery On the turntable:   Genesis, "And Th...

 Tokaido by Terry Ann Carter End Roll American Pale Ale , Barbaric Works Brewery On the turntable: Blur, "13"  ...

Maybe it was the early start, or maybe it was simply that the signs for the train system made sense to somebody, but not to me.  Whate...

Ghosts of the Tsunami by Richard Lloyd Wright Weisen , Doppo Breweries On the turntable: Blur, "The Best of Blur...

Adorning the main hall at Hōrin-ji is a trio of Buddhas. The triptych is common to the era, and to the place.  What grabs me though ...

I'm quite pleased to be included in the new Writers in Kyoto Anthology, with a piece entitled,  The Wild Spaces With...

  Saddled with Darwin by Toby Green Naoshima Monogatari Pale Ale , Kibidote Brewery On the turntable:  Allman Brothers, ...

  Van Gogh; The Life by  Gregory White Smith and Steven Naifeh American IPA , Nara Breweing Complex On the turntable: Jerr...

 I feel like I've been building up to this day for almost 30 years.  The initial idea of living in Japan would be the first stage i...

 While in the midst of repression, it is difficult to see much beyond your own personal experience.  Only with the removal of the repre...

We left in the dust of morning, heading south, until the road angled east back toward Dunhuang, beginning to close a loop.  Before lo...

 The next installment of the Kyoto Streets series, at Deep Kyoto: http://www.deepkyoto.com/walking-into-the-light-on-manjuji-dori/   ...

As expected, sleep was elusive, and oft broken.  At some point, needing to take my prostate for a walk, I stumbled around the carriage...