Good Fortune
“Fortune favors a house filled with laughter.” I took this candid photo of three Japanese school girls...
Author: Simon
Baseball in Japan
“How can you think and hit at the same time?” Yogi Berra In Japan even the storm drains are art. We...
Friends and Enemies
"It is better to be the enemy of a good person, than to be the friend of a bad one." This is the suite in our...
Success in Japan
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.” Robert Collier We are just home from...
Words Seldom Seen: Cordwainer
Cordwainer Noun: A shoemaker who makes new shoes from new leather. Example: He was a cordwainer and he...
Golda Speaks
“I’d rather be alive and hated than dead and loved.” Golda Meir Photo is of Telluride, Colorado one of...
Fertility
"As GDP per capita rises fertility falls." Ben Wattenberg in Fewer It is true around the world. As peoples...
Improvement
“No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.” Florida...
Clear Thinking
“Economic self-interest is always a severe impediment to clear thinking on the moral and political aspects of an...
Words Seldom Seen: Droll
Droll Noun: Humorous in a dry or whimsical way. Example: "Mark Twain was a master of the droll...
