Lightly literaryReclaiming snowShe liked to go skiing alone. People were always surprised when she told them. Aren’t you afraid? Isn’t it dangerous? Don’t you get lonely…3 min read·Mar 22, 2022----
Lightly literaryA few hours of one’s own; to potterOverall, I like what I do for my day job— some parts more than others. I think I started down this road (Japanese literature/ Japanese…4 min read·Mar 20, 2022----
Lightly literaryTwo catsTwo cats sat in the window, watching the world go by. One had a white belly and gray stripes on her back, and the other one was a tabby…3 min read·Mar 1, 2022----
Lightly literaryTo sketch, to depict, to describeI have given one or two academic presentations about Meiji period (1868–1912) writers and their discussions on realistic description, and I…4 min read·Feb 24, 2022----
Lightly literaryYour mind is a monkey…is what our yoga instructor keeps telling us, and every time I imagine a little monkey inside my skull, jumping up and down trying to…3 min read·Feb 18, 2022--1--1
Lightly literaryI have to write about MariyanWell, of course I don’t have to, but I guess I should, because I said I would a few posts ago (here, when I first mentioned Nakajima, and…4 min read·Feb 17, 2022----
Lightly literaryLiterary walks in KansaiIn Japan (and maybe in other places, too, but I wouldn’t know) there is such a thing as a literary walk (bungaku sanpo), where you go…4 min read·Feb 10, 2022----
Lightly literaryI played with AI todayThe other day, my husband shared a link to a little project about human-AI collaboration by this PhD student at a university in Australia…2 min read·Feb 7, 2022----
Lightly literarySweet child of MeijiYou might be familiar with Akutagawa Ryūnosuke because of Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 movie “Rashōmon,” which is based off of two of his…4 min read·Feb 5, 2022----
Lightly literaryPierre Loti: not your best ball guestThe name Pierre Loti came up in my previous post, where I talked about Nakajima Atsushi’s stories of the Southern Seas; in probably the…4 min read·Feb 4, 2022----