My brother Mark. We both live elsewhere but were visiting my mom when this photo was taken. The matching shirts are completely random - I see Mark maybe once a year if I am lucky (he lives in Thailand, I live in Japan, Mom lives in the US) and we laughed ourselves silly on this morning when we saw we were wearing such similar outfits.


Mark is amazing. He found out almost 6 years ago that he had esophageal cancer that had metastasized, and was told by his doctors he'd be "lucky to have 3 months left" to live. Wow. Well, he's still alive - not only that, but he's given that original cancer a good fight (the original tumor is gone) and he's had a SECOND type of cancer removed surgically. He's tough. He's determined. I hope the shirts are the only match we have. For more info on my brother's cancer battle check out my mom's blog (no kidding, my mom blogs) at http://thenextadventure.blogspot.com

Overflowing with Style

OK, first, let me say that the photo is NOT one of ME! I've worn some ridiculous outfits in my time, but luckily I have good friends who would not let me go out in public with my hiney fat airing to the world. I think.

As a teacher I encounter fun, new styles all the time. Saggy pants, hats with the tags on them, micro minis, you name it. I'm sure kids choose these outfits because they either look or feel good.

So... what's the reasoning behind this look?

By the way - this was in Plymouth, UK - the photo was taken from maybe 100 feet away, and i had to run to get that close.

Big Blue Marble

Okinawa, Japan... July 2011

I'm avoiding my Library Science homework by playing on the internet and now seemed like as good a time as any to work on my blog. Only, looking at the blogs I made a couple years ago, and haven't touched since, now seems like a good time to start over!
Besides, homework will wait, right?

I moved to Okinawa last summer. It's an amazing place. I'm not sure what I expected; Okinawa's biggest claim to fame in my mind prior to moving here is that there have been loads of troubles between the military members and locals here. I've not seen that first hand here, and my experiences with local Okinawan people have all been exceptionally positive. The people i encounter here are kind, honest, sincere, and generous.