New story up. Also, possible Fall trip to Kyoto.
This story (click on Page Link above for “Story… ‘Enlightenmen'”) is the first of several I plan to publish here. Am working on a book that will be a compendium of adventures and experiences arising from 25 years of visiting and sometimes living in Japan.
Regarding the Spring 2010 Trips. Please note Itineraries are now up. Within the next week or 10 days I’ll be posting sign-up deadlines and other “nuts and bolts” information. Also, a few people have inquired about a Fall 2009 trip to Kyoto. That IS do-able and, if we bring it off, will follow the same, 1-week itinerary as the Kyoto Sojourn trip slated for April 2010. However, sign-up and deposits will have to be done by the end of July (as in within the next 3 weeks). Email me for details…
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Twenty-five years sounds astounding!
And yet, there it is, approaching near-two-decades-since myself.
Brings a tear to the eye.
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A tear? Just one? Me, buckets. Well, not now.