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Tokyo, 2010.05.12

I've added a bunch of pics to the website over the past couple of days, and thought I'd brag about them.

First up, I've added some black and white pics from the sand dunes to the collection from our recent trip to Tottori.

tottori sand dunes

And I've added a modest collection of images from our visit last weekend to Ofuna's statue of Kannon, the goddess of mercy and compassion.

the goddess kannon in ofuna

I've also added the photos from Jon and Manami-san's Tokyo wedding reception.

manami-san and jon

Three good things that happened today:

1. Kenny is cooperating with potty time again

2. Met with our intern and we're off to a fine start

3. Got a helping hand from a stranger in a moment of need–a plastic bag for Kenny's soaking wet bicycle seat

rand()m quote

Meaning is not something you stumble across, like the answer to a riddle or the prize in a treasure hunt. Meaning is something you build into your life. You build it out of your own past, out of your affections and loyalties, out of the experience of humankind as it is passed on to you, out of your own talent and understanding, out of the things you believe in, out of the things and people you love, out of the values for which you are willing to sacrifice something. The ingredients are there. You are the only one who can put them together into that unique pattern that will be your life. Let it be a life that has dignity and meaning for you. If it does, then the particular balance of success or failure is of less account.

—John Gardner