Words. Pictures. Cats.
Translator of Strange Pictures, Strange Houses, Strange Buildings, Strange Maps etc.
Author of Discovering Yamaguchi Sake
I didn't realize I'd missed so many of these! It was a pretty heavy summer, anyway. But I'm still writing my column for the local Setouchi Times 瀬戸内タイムス newspaper. This might not have been "the next" but it's in the series. This was a summer…
Continue reading...Pareidolia noun par·ei·do·lia ˌper-ˌī-ˈdō-lē-ə -ˈdōl-yə : the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern Merriam-Webster Dictionary https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pareidolia People who follow me on Mastodon might have seen me mention my recent experiences with the YouTube series Fake Documentary…
Continue reading...There's this... I suppose "content creator" is the right term, though I hate it, in Japan called Uketsu. Uketsu is a mystery. He (it seems they're a he, or at least the agencies involved have confirmed that for international sales purposes) writes articles for websites,…
Continue reading...Technically, this would be the eighth of my articles for the local Seouchi Times papers, but I'm skipping one for reasons. This time, I wrote about a trip to a nearby island, Ushima, that hosts local kids once a year to get them more interested…
Continue reading...The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera It seems almost pointless for me to review a book so original, so outside of the norms I know, as this. The awards are numerous, major, and utterly deserved. People are speaking of The Saint of Bright…
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