Twenty minutes later we were at what is now known as the Moynaq ship cemetery. The level of the now barren Aral Sea was somewhere
Dawn grew up to be a very independent child. She always believed herself to be her very own person, so naturally, when she reached her
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As expected, she didn’t lift a finger to remember our names. It seemed that she didn’t want to be bothered by Japanese names which must
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As our planet reels from the myriad challenges posed by climate change it is important to consider how definitions of who is, and who is
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Haiku master Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa was born on 15 June 1763 in Kashiwabara, Shinano Province of Japan. I seek serenity in his writings. Writes
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The arts have failed; fewer people are interested in them every generation. The mere business of living, of making money, of amusing oneself, occupies people
Daddy would personally supervise when mashi, the old maid who stayed with us to take care of the household, oiled my thick hair every Sunday
The most important part of the story is that the workers still to date resort to the 500 years old method of boat making. They
