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3° in Tokyo

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Kokubunji, 2021.01.31

It's 3° outside this morning, which means it's scantly warmer indoors. We've sealed the edge of the floor where you could literally pass pieces of paper in/out of the house but otherwise we're just running up the electricity bill keeping single-pane glass and empty walls warm. Madness! I can see my breath, and can't feel my fingertips.

Mari says that home insulation was something they only began to discuss here in Japan around the time we left, last time.

rand()m quote

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

—Abraham Lincoln