森の池 (Mori No Ike) Songbook

Long long ago, in the tiny po-dunk town of Dent, Minnesota, population  156, where a rag-tag bunch of gaijin (guy-jean) lived hippy lives while wearing hapi clothes, spending their summer speaking, living, learning, eating and singing Japanese.
From those years past I now resurrect the sacred song book for anyone who is interested, to share, educate, [...]

Golden Turd (Without the Gold)

So I’ve heard the new Guns N’ Roses release Chinese Democracy and need to post a follow up to my pre-release Still a Non-Believer in regard to this album.  I don’t like to write blog posts for albums that I don’t recommend – but, unlike the album, this should be fairly quick and painless.

Best Postcard Swap Ever!

I just received a bounty of postcards from my Moroccan host Anya, who had her Pre-Intermediate English students write postcards to me to practice modals of advice: should, must, etc. As it goes, several people were offered for the class to write to, but I was – and I quote – “by far [...]