Chad and Kisstopher talk about racism and how it has affected them throughout their lives. Chad talks about growing up oblivious to his racist environment and how it’s been being faced with racism as an adult. Kisstopher talks about her experiences growing up and living with racism of different varieties. Content Note Two slurs...
Sometimes, the words won’t come. Here’s my advice: accept it. But don’t accept it and just stop. Accept it as a symptom. Maybe you need more sleep. Maybe your plot is weak, and you need to figure out how to fix it. Maybe a problem at home or school or work is weighing on...
This week’s blog at Adjustment Guidance is about setting and enforcing boundaries on loyalty and fidelity. It’s not always one-size-fits-all.
Summer in Japan, particularly in Nagoya, can be described with one word: humid. Humidity averages around 60-75% in the warmer months and can go above 90%. Thinking about it, Japan being an island means this should be expected. That being said, it’s still the main challenge of the Summer months. It’s very common for...
I feel as though September has been a month of evolution in my thinking and goal setting. August of 2018, we made the decision as a family to give Chad a rest and allow him to focus on his writing. During that year we discovered podcasting and started and launched our podcast The Musicks...
We talk about our adult son, about being the autistic parent of a non-autistic child, about shaving Chad’s beard (hasn’t happened in decades, so there’s a price), nudity, and generally about what we want for our son’s future. Transcript K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about our amazing, beautiful, talented, wonderful, adorable, charming son....
Although I often write about things as they “ought” to be in writing, I don’t believe that there ought to be an ought. Instead, I am discussing the ways that are most likely to lead to readers (or editors or agents, etc.) feeling “connected” to the writing or “understanding” the writing. I do my...
Latin-style music and dance isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about Japan, but there’s a surprisingly active Latin dance community here across multiple cities. My first exposure to salsa dancing in Japan was unexpected. A friend invited me to a party without giving me the details, and it turned out...