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My Story Pages - Hey look at this young picture of me from maybe around the
year 2002. LOL. Anyway, these story pages are all about our ongoing family
adventures. The pages are set up in reverse chronological order to make it
easier for those of you only interested in our recent stuff, especially related
to our agroforestry project up in our mountain. All the older stuff is basically
for our kids to know what we went through over the years to get us to the
present. This year I decided to go through tons of old computer files (mostly
word files) and to delete all the old emails from my, basically unused Hotmail
account. In the process, I found a whole lot of "interesting" stories about our
past successes and difficulties. I originally thought about deleting much of it
but then realized that most of my pictures where the old type, you know, the
ones where you had to take the film roll to a photo shop to be processed. I
realized keeping all the old information from my files would be important in
order to know the dates of many of these old pictures, In addition, I asked my
kids many times if they were interested in past stories and they said
definitely. I realized this was a good way for them to learn that things don't
always go the way you want but if you keep going, things will eventually work
out....basically learning from my good and bad experiences or put another way,
do as I say not as I do.
A couple of years ago, I decided social media was a tremendous waste of time and
decided to get out. I would post comments about issues affecting the world, like
politics or climate change, and would get almost no reaction from close to 2000
"friends" on Facebook. If I posted pictures of my kids and even food, I would
get tons of likes and comments. I was fed up and decided to get out my social
media accounts including twitter and others. I deleted almost all of my picutres
from my Facebook account except for a few profile and cover pictures and decided
not to post anymore. I kept the account though in order to stay in contact with
friends from back in the day. In addition, I was able to download my entire
Facebook account which contained posts and messages with dates and information
about places I went to and things I did over the years.
Anyway, throughout the story pages you might find text which reads
"Facebook Post",
Facebook Group Post, or "Email
Message". These are simply posts or messages that I found while going
through my files and contain information about my story like places, dates, and
other stuff. These will be deleted
eventually when the pictures are found and added to the information. Basically
you can disregard these bits of information, um unless you wanna read them of
course.
My
archive
pages contain old emails and old file information. Pretty boring stuff for most
of you, but go ahead and read it if you want. |
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2024
Story 2024
HAPPY NEW YEAR. Already a very busy year up at our mountain. A roof over the
buses and an outside kitchen. |
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2023
Story 2023
Another busy year up at our mountain with all of us working to make a healthy
forest and comfortable living space. |
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2022
Story 2022
Up at our mountain a few days after New Years. This was our first full year
working on the forest. |
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2021
Story 2021
We purchased our 4.5 acre forested mountain on this small island and the
adventures began. |
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2020
Story 2020
This was both an exciting year and a difficult year for us. We were happy to
welcome our third son into the world. |
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2019
Story 2019
A nice new years and then we were hit with a pretty strong earthquake with the
epicenter only about ten kilometers from the house. |
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2018
Story 2018
A new years ride on a train and the mystery bowl of ramen. |
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2017
Story 2017
Happy Hanukkah and Happy New Years. A bit of traditional Japanese food. |
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2016
Story 2016
This was a really good year for us. We were happy to welcome our second son into
the world. |
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2015
Story 2015
This was actually our first full year on the island. This years was incredible
with parties, festivals, and rocket launches. |
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2014
Story 2014
A really fun year and the beginning of our island adventures. Much of this year
was spent setting up and getting used to this place. |
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2013
Story 2013
The year began with a visit to America. We returned to Japan and ate a lot of
conveyor belt sushi. |
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2012
Story 2012
A few small house parties and then traveled to America for a three month
vacation. |
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2011
Story 2011
Many fun house parties. A strong earthquake hit Japan. A lot of trips to our
favorite coffee shop. |
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2010
Story 2010
Purchased
the house in Nara and begin renovations. A bunch of parties, festivals, and
camping. |
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2009
Story 2009
A year of change. Almost bought a house in New York State.
Then permanently moved to Japan. |
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Archive
Welcome to my story archive pages. These pages were inspired by my kids who
consistently let me know how much they are interested in my past, and made
possible thanks to a lot of raining days and time in the house. These pages are
basically chunks of information that were too cumbersome to split up and put on
my individual story pages. My kids wanted to know about places I lived, my
education and work background, and of course, old and interesting stories.
Although this information is mostly for them, all of you are welcome to read
these pages as well. |
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An Interview with Country Music Star Cowboy Jack
This is an interview from waaaay back in the day
with country star Cowboy Jack and my friend Alicia Wszelaki who handled the
photography. |
