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Hideki lives on the island of Okinawa, not far from Japan. The Japanese have taken control of his island, imposing strict rules. They are not to speak Okinawan, only Japanese. They are not allowed to follow their age-old traditions for fear of violent reprisals and now they are facing something e...

I don’t think there’s ever been a time in my life when my work flow has been regular. Monday-to-Friday or nine-to-five have never been phrases that have characterised my existence accurately. In my life as a performing King’s Singer, I’m sure that statement seems obvious. Most mornings on tour I...

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Dear Colin,

Hey, I love your work and I’m sorry to report I can’t keep up with everything you are doing and am often several weeks behind on the podca...

HBO es consciente de que debe actuar con rapidez para llenar el vacío que, tras ocho años de emisión, ha dejado ‘Juego de tronos’, la serie que cambió las normas narrativas sobre los héroes y que se ha convertido en el fenómeno global más relevante tras ‘Perdidos‘.

Con los nuevos gigantes de st...

Teaching Art Is As Old As Making Art I wasn’t there when humans first made art. Nonetheless, I bet another soul was around who wanted to know how the artist made that art. And, so it goes. Artists have been learning from teachers for eons. The idea of being a full-time professional artist burns b...

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Have you ever had the amazing opportunity to work with your mentor?  Your guru? Or, your master teacher?  As a professional? I had a recent conversation with a retired teacher- friend who is now regularly emailing her former high school English teacher.  They have met in the middle,...

Kapan ya terakhir kali aku makan kolak?

Sepertinya sudah lama sekali karena aku sampai tidak ingat. Sepertinya juga kolak yang kumakan bukanlah kolak yang kubeli di luar, melainkan kolak buatan ibu. Kolaknya beliau buat untuk apa juga aku tidak ingat, mungkin hanya iseng karena beliau sedang ingin...

I sometimes mention music on this blog, but I never thought of doing a proper series of posts about music that somehow intersects my interests and the themes of this blog: travel and exploration, the Orient and the old pulps, fiction and writing.
Who knows, maybe someone would be interested…

It gets better every time you see it! – http://pinterest.com/pin/A45oVwAQAOAG7t_3BDQAAAA/?s=3&m=wordpress

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I had submitted a short story to a contest last year. Last month I got notice that from the thousands of entries, I didn’t win. Now that the story is mine again, I plan on rewriting it to contain adventures beyond the contest limit of 17,000 words. I want to add more of the perils a...

Now I can laugh about it. A couple of nights ago it seemed far less funny. First you have to understand my husband is addicted to his phone. It is an extension of his arm. If God gave you an option of having a hand or a phone he would choose a phone. He goes nowhere without it – and I mean absolu...