I was so happy to receive messages via classmates.com from long lost friends I knew in high school! One of them was from Debbie Olson Chancey who I used to call “The Hot Dog Queen” because she worked at her father’s Vienna Hotdog where I … Continue reading
A dear friend in Norway sent me this photo of candle wax dripping on a plate under the candle: Absolutely awesome! I believe it to be a sign from Heaven! Or a coincidence? You decide. Click on the image once, and then one more time … Continue reading
I attended a Shinto wedding ceremony of my good friends from Kashiwazaki, Nobuo and Miwako. I first met Nobuo’s father while hitch-hiking in August 11, 2006, a very hot summer day. I was making no progress that day on my way to Tokyo and actually purposely caught … Continue reading
The fruit of my hitch-hiking adventure on January 15th was being invited to a new year’s party in Shirone, a town now incorporated into Niigata city, by the former deputy mayor of the town, Mr. Tsubokawa. I met his friends, mostly ladies, and one gentleman … Continue reading