i am a violent person,
i’m a violent person, a hurricane, inverted – calm on the outside, raging storm(s) within
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climate (in)action
to tell you the truth:i haven’t taken climate changevery seriously – that is,not until recently. maybe simply because it remainsan inconvenient truth. & it is inconvenient because accepting itmeans you + i become accountable,and responsible. that means not only must we acceptfault but we must … read more
home, coming
these last few months in japan, i’vefelt what i can only describe as homesick,[adj]: longing for home duringa period of absence from it – an unusual feeling for me,a y e a r n i n g in my heartunraveling like a spool of thread, … read more
i am a violent person,
i’m a violent person, a hurricane, inverted – calm on the outside, raging storm(s) within
sakura,
桜。さくら。s a k u r a. for three seasons they carefully prepare, energy preserved & conserved just to bloom for a little over a week and then – g o n e 花見 hanami: flower viewing, a tradition where people gather together and picnic beneath … read more
proud to be an american(?)
“//you know americans, they’ll do anything to get what they want, and use their power to do it. they think about themselves and do what’s best for them, not everybody else… well, not you, jaclyn!” [paraphrase] says my classmate from ghana. “that’s one person in … read more
covid-19
i thought i wanted to write a blog about covid-19. condense some information, sift through the media and news articles and try to put together some kind of truth about transmission, R0, mortality – i thought i wanted to write a blog about covid-19. look … read more
rotary district 2780 conference,
(better late than never, isn’t that what they say?) in october, i was invited to attend the rotary district 2780 conference with my host district 2750 and two other fellows, derek from the U.S. and ousman from gambia, my host district is in odawara, which … read more
if you search for peace –
i am currently undertaking a masters program. my major is: peace studies. what is that? everyone asks. i’m a semester into the program and you know what? i still don’t know. honestly? i think the fact is no one knows. stan: what is one most … read more
you will find war,
the problem with the world is the magnitude of its problems, richter scale 9 the whole earth t r e m b l e s & s h a k e s, only its not shaking, its seismic, the ground s p l i t … read more