20 Years in Japan
Today marks the 20th anniversary of my arrival in Japan. On the morning of March 12, 1993, I stood on the beach in Los Angeles and looked...
B&W Self Portrait
I took this photo in mid-February with a 1954 Yashicaflex camera I found and had restored in my mother-in-law's house. I used a tripod...
"Perfect is the enemy of good"
I read this quote recently and realized it applies to me. I always want to produce perfection and delay time and time until nothing...
Snow in Tokyo
Someone recently asked me if we get snow in Tokyo. I replied that each year we get snow once or twice but it never lasts longer than 24...
Leaving United
I left United at the end of December after almost ten years of work for the airline. It was certainly one of the most unexpected and...
My office in Waikiki
I separate my work time between Japan/Asia and Chicago. Hawaii is roughly halfway between the two and the perfect place to effectively...
Takahashi family cemetery
On August 5 Yoshiko and I attended a ceremony at her family's cemetery, located in the rural area near Bando in Ibaraki. The ceremony was...
First Class on Thai Airlines
I was recently called to Bangkok for a regional management meeting with United, one of my clients. It would have been logical and easy to...
Where's the power?
Fifteen months after the 3/11 earthquake and tsunami knocked out the power to safeguard the Fukushima nuclear reactors, Japan is still...
Getting in shape
I have never been a consistently and religiously one to exercise. Sure, bits and bits here and there and the occasional flirt with some...
