Lori

I know. You are up to your eyeballs with election ads on TV, radio, social media and mailers. We are growing weary of the polarizing rhetoric. The last thing you want to…

September 14th marks the 2 year anniversary of our move to Japan. The week before we left the U.S. in 2018, Typhoon Jebi came through western Japan and damaged the bridge to…

Once the State of Emergency was lifted, the talk of schools reopening began. Up until that point, I had been doing lessons remotely or recording video lessons for students to access whenever…

**This entry was written on May 30, 2020** These past months have been..strange to say the least.  Navigating the ups and downs, the uncertainty, the “new normal”, the anxiety hasn’t been easy,…

I had no idea I had so much to write about with regard to healthcare, but here goes part 3! Over the New Year holiday, I finally received word from a customer…

While I waited for the green light to get an MRI in Japan, it was recommended that I do “リハビリ” “rehabiri” or physical therapy to get movement back in my knee.  The…

Yes, it’s time I write about the coronavirus that is in every news headline as of late.  When we first heard about it at the end of December last year, it made…

This is a topic I have wanted to blog about for awhile.  It just didn’t seem like I knew enough about the system here to compare it to the States.  Well, that’s…

In this culinary mecca of sushi, takoyaki (fried balls of chopped-up octopus) and the quintessential umami, I’m afraid to admit that at times, I long for some more familiar tastes and sights…