Once upon a time, there was a sporadic blogger who disappeared. She was found a year later, quietly rotting away from overwork and self-imposed stress. If you listen closely, you can hear the tapping from the keys on her laptop and the frantic clicking of her mouse. She now serves as a living reminder to …
Are you fond of nature? Do you like to take big whiffs of that fresh mountain air? Does your throat freeze with overwhelming emotion? Your heart is light when you think of the wind making the leaves giggle, the brooks babbling to each other, and the creatures making their chitter-chatter. You want to play with …
I’ve got chills and they’re multiplyin’! And I’m losin’ control for the power you’re supplyin’ is electrifyin’! I’ve certainly got chills, all right. Autumn has swept through the mountains of Gotemba with a vengeance not in the form of hail and catastrophe but with a slanting mist. If it were any colder, it would have …
These boots were made for walking, and that's just what they'll do. One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you. Okay, maybe Nancy Sinatra's break-up-woman-power lyrics aren't appropriate for this entry. Then again, it's the first thin in the morning and the weirdest things like to make an appearance in my …
Downtown Hamamatsu. What a whirlwind adventure thus far! The downside to all of the panic and sheer loneliness is that I want to go home. I have sunk into this funk that has made me rather depressed. In the States, I wasn’t so uncomfortable being around people I didn’t know. Now, not only do I …
A Journal for Ashley 