Since I’m already a day behind, I’m going to follow the same format as last week. I’ll start with an inventory, then discuss how I’m feeling about the week, my GHDR progress, and life in general. ...

This, being my first formal weekly review of 2018, is likely to be either fantastic or quite in need of a review itself by next week. :smile: I think the best way to approach this review is to star...

I was trying to set up my 2018 GHDR when it seemed like a good idea to look back on the previous year before setting out new goals. Not rocket science, surely. Summary of 2017 Before I go and see ...

I’m starting my goal setting a little late this year. I mean, even for setting goals on Groundhog Day, I’m late. I’m okay with that because I want to get it right. To me, goal setting is fun and t...

We planned this trip in Spring 2017 for our family and a friend family. In total, eight people - four adults and four teenagers. Our trip started and ended in Tokyo. From there, it’s about a 10 and...

When we moved to Japan in 2015, we noticed a tiny little island on the bottom of our peninsula, じょが島. Of course, we said, “we will go down there and see what there is to see.” It took us two and a...

Today, I’m resetting my blog, archiving all of my old content, and starting over. The new blog is built with jekyll, which allows me to maintain a static site and customize to my heart’s desire (so...

Everyone says: you have to go to the Sapporo Snow Festival. Not being “wintery” folks, we went anyways. Summary and Recommendations Snow. Ice. Crowds. I’m sure (based only on statistics) that most...

editorial: when I completely revamped my blog in 2017, I found this old post and thought it worth keeping Pollution Prevention Solid Waste Building Water Consumption Building Energy Consu...