Into the Land of the Rising Sun

Last week I walked into the granny circle to find that their chosen topic for the evening was toilets.   In the hour and a half that followe...

Billy Cosby wasn't fooling when he said, "Kids say the darndest things." However, he never tapped into a vast reservoir of hu...

*Of the award for the worst place I have ever been. THE INFERNO Phnom Penh is no laughing matter I flatter myself to think I've...

The most glorious week of the year in Japan is undoubtedly the aptly named Golden Week.  Every May, the country celebrates a string of succe...

Two weeks before the start of the Japanese school year in April, each teacher receives a phone call from the local school board informing t...

Last week Mr. M was on holiday in Italy, which meant that the grannies and I were left to our own devices for our English conversation group...

After a long winter of wearing to bed socks, two pairs of pants, two shirts, a fleece, and a ski cap, I'm now down to just pants and a ...