new essay: RAINICHI 2023 #001 PROLOGUE -- including special addendum "on being one year removed from the day when i flew very high in the air and landed in tokyo, japan"

NEWS UPDATE: my novel ONLY IN DREAMS is now available for free on itch.io

new essay: PROBLEMS & PROVERBS IN THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES -- on the challenges facing a newly prairified man, and the wisdom he uses to overcome them

new essay: WRITTEN ON THE OCCASION OF MY TWENTY-NINTH BIRTHDAY -- just a bit of a reflection about where i am in life

new essay: KAFKA'S NIGHTMARES

new essays: RAINICHI 2023 #000 and RAINICHI 2023 #000.5, the beginning of a new series about a trip i made to japan last year

The bit about communication and expectations reminded me to finish a text that explores a similar theme. Not being an introvert is definitely a boon when it comes to language learning/practice.

added a LISTS page that contains lists of things

new story: BREAK-UP MAN (ふられた男)

new essay: HEAVEN & GOOD THINGS, in which i try to make sense of heaven, mostly via analyzing a Talking Heads song

new essay: IN A TOWN WHERE I AM GOING TO LIVE, in which i talk about visiting a town where i am going to live