Sumo Training
A morning training session I was privileged to watch. The large one is Konishiki. If you want to know what he can eat in a day you may be interested to read “The World According to Konishiki“.
Japan Update
This has been an extraordinary week for me. I have made many new friends and learned a great deal — I feel very fortunate. There is much to write about. Also, I have taken many pictures. Now I need to organize and caption them! For an interim view of some ot them, click here. I […]
Japan 2004 – Day 1 (Traveling to Japan and traditional dinner)
The Japan Airlines Flight #005 departed JFK exactly on time and landed at the Tokyo International Airport in Narita, Japan exactly on time. During each moment of the 13 hour and 25 minute flight you could sense the feeling emanating from the JAL crew that they truly enjoyed serving you. They could not do enough […]
A Movin’ On Triomphe
Although I have never lived there, I can see why people who live in New York City cherish it. All large cities have numerous challenges but they also have so much to offer to both residents and visitors. Twenty-one years ago a group of us — four couples — who were neighbors with lake houses […]
Rounding The Cape
We just turned north after rounding Cape Horn, near the bottom of the Earth. Less than four hundred years ago, people still thought the world was flat and that ships would "fall off" the globe if they went too far. Once that belief was shattered, mariners headed out onto the oceans, many seeking passage around […]
