Elephant Wisdom

Crisp. Cold. Clear. Bright sunshine permeates the air on New Year’s Day in Japan. Not once did I experience gloomy weather on the first...

The bare branches of the Maple Tree scrawled across the predawn sky, tilting, swaying, and cracking in the dark winds, stirring me into...

Sunrise. Sunday morning. Hamamatsu, Japan. The metal-on-metal clamoring interrupts the morning stillness. The shop owner emerges from the...