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Posted on March 10, 2011 Leave a Comment
Before I moved to Japan, this blog was called “Stories from the Lake.” The name referred to Lake Michigan and stories involving the great city of Chicago. I certainly miss staring out into the wonders of Lake Michigan, one of the five Great Lakes in North America. I used to spend hours in the summer […]
Posted on March 7, 2011 2 Comments
When I turned on the TV this morning while getting dressed for work, one of the first things I saw was a beautiful picture of an older Japanese woman smiling in a lush green garden. She looked at peace with her life but also ready to do so much more. I couldn’t understand the Japanese […]
Posted on March 3, 2011 1 Comment
There are many Japanese words or phrases, in my opinion, that perfectly describe a fleeting moment. We don’t quite have the equivalent in English, so I am always happy to learn of such words or phrases, which usually correspond with nature, holidays or a special moment in one’s life. I learned of such a phrase […]
Posted on March 3, 2011 Leave a Comment
As all of you I am sure know, a devastating earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand last week, killing at least 161 people. Inside the collapsed CTV building, many Japanese students and teachers from the Toyama College of Foreign Languages were having lunch when the earthquake struck. According to news reports, the building collapsed within a […]
Posted on March 3, 2011 Leave a Comment
(This place doesn’t look like anything special from the outside, but the inside is wonderful). This is a personal story. I am not writing this as a health care expert, economist or politician. Rather, I am simply writing this post as an American who has been treated by doctors in three different countries on three different […]
Sheila Burt 