On a dreary day in Ueda, Japan, this bowl of ramen prepared by these two nuts hit the spot.

     I can never get used to dreary days. I suppose when you live in a four season climate like Japan, you appreciate a nice day that much more. Once I visited a family in Sweden one midsummer, and we were having dinner indoors on account of the bad weather. Suddenly, sunlight broke through and like a flash, the entire dinner table was immediately transported outside so we could soak in the precious sun.
     How can you live in such a climate? I have almost no appreciation for good weather because I am rarely in bad weather. I follow the sun.
     I get a trickle of fan mail, people out of the blue who have stumbled on to my website. It’s amazing that anyone can find my website since I have made only half-assed attempts at promoting it. I get that warm and fuzzy feeling from any comment or email as blogging can feel like being trapped at the bottom of a deep well where no one can hear me. I answer any and all questions whether you write to me privately via the contact page or, for the big ego boost, on the website somewhere as a comment, so don’t be shy.
     I am so embarrassed about wearing the same orange pants all over the world that I made a webpage about it.