Day 14- Sunday, July 9 It was our 23rd wedding anniversary. Of course we forgot about it until we boarded our flight that afternoon. We...

Day 13, Saturday, July 8 On our last full day, we were determined to get to the famous Tsukiji Fish Market, said to be the largest fish...

Day 10 Wed, July 5 I forgot to mention the mixed feelings I had on July 4. I woke that morning to the realization that it was still July...

Day 9- Tuesday, July 4 We made a deliberate choice to bring the kids with us on our dream Japan vacation. My parents were skeptical. ...

Day 7 (technically the 8th day in Japan) Sunday, July 2 Our feet and legs were aching when we woke up. According to our Steps trackers,...

Day 5 continued After we finished at the Peace Park, we were all kind of in a daze. Our eyes were puffy, and I was still choking back...

Japan 5 Day 5 We spent the day traveling almost the length of Japan. While traveling to Koriyama from Tokyo, I noticed we blew through a...

Japan 4 Day 3 As Geri entered the women’s side of the baths, a group of old women exclaimed, out loud, “Hakujin!” We know this word. It...

Monday, June 26- 2nd full day Flying through the Japanese countryside at 200mph is a surreal experience. Rice fields inhabit every...

Japan 2 Naomi drove us to the airport at 6:30 on Friday, June 23. We arrived at Tom Bradley Terminal and immediately hit a snag. Japan...

June 22, 2017 I leave tomorrow morning for Japan. We are taking the kids on a two-week adventure through Tokyo, Fukushima, Sendai,...

To a lot of rational, sensible people, the rise of the Tea Party, the Alt Right, and the Trump thing baffles the mind. How the hell can...

Most Christians are doomed to have horrible sex lives. Obviously, they’re not the only ones, as intimacy is difficult for a lot of...

I have this recurring dream where I’m walking through some place familiar, my neighborhood, places I’ve worked, a restaurant, and...

Several people told me my “overgeneralized” history of generations didn’t represent their own family experience. It doesn’t even...

I am no longer a Christian. I don’t know exactly what that makes me, but I would guess somewhere along the agnostic spectrum. I will...

Part One How did we get here? Kids today are not allowed to do many of the things we Gen Xer’s did growing up. My brother and I rode our...

Adele won a bunch of Grammy’s. Beyonce only won 2. Adele fans are happy. Beyonce fans are pissed. People are both praising Adele for...

A strength and weakness of the progressive side is that we are great at policing ourselves. We call each other out for inaccurate or...

According to everything I’ve read, married people don’t have a lot of sex. The classic story describes a couple falling in love who...