Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

Author: Tara

  • Pure Joy

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    A while back one of my relatives on Facebook posted a video of this father-daughter duo singing “The Prayer”, which is one of my favorite songs. For years, we have watched Claire and Dave Crosby sing. The cuteness factor along with the sweet naivety of a daughter looking up to her father were the main…

  • One to One

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    If you look at my Facebook friends numbers, it says 914 as of today. One might think that I am a social butterfly with numbers like that. However, it just goes to show how much numbers can be used to express, or give the perception of, something that is quite far from the truth. Initially,…

  • Keeping Up with Normal

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    This week, I decided to create a new “Quarantine Schedule” to try to get myself ready for the eventual return to regularly scheduled activities. Since I have gotten used to having time at home everyday, I decided it was time to start behaving as if I were going to an office – just minus the…

  • Be Free and Prosper

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    A month has flown by! The last time I wrote, we were just going into the State of Emergency (SoE) within a few prefectures, then all of Japan was brought under the declaration. Despite the initial plan to return to life as we knew it by May 6th – after the Japanese Golden Week(end) holidays…

  • Comfort in Isolated Community

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    These days, my parents and I seem to be Skyping about every two weeks. Although they are still young at heart and generally fit, I do remind them that they aren’t getting any younger – much to their chagrin. (It’s my duty as a daughter to keep it real! ) Therefore, our regular catch ups…

  • To Panic or Not to Panic?!

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    Unless you’ve been under a rock or blissfully enjoying a Luddite world, in which case you wouldn’t be reading this, you will be aware of the global crisis known as COVID-19 or the Coronavirus. Now, I’m not a prepper, panicker, conformist, or doomsday believer. In fact, in a state of emergency I have always said…

  • The Temporariness of Life

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    Where does the time go? There I was thinking that I was on regular schedule for posting, but then three weeks just flew by! Now, I am back in March and hoping to not jinx my flow. I guess I have still been a bit busy with work and trying to find the ever elusive…

  • Re-Finding Purpose

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    Call it midlife crisis or call it whatever you like, but I have been trying to find purpose (again) these days. When one chooses not to have children, it becomes more difficult at a certain age to define what life is all about. As someone who has spent most of her life trying to be…

  • Kindness

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    Last weekend we took an overnight road trip to Gifu Prefecture. As a UNESCO World Heritage Site, I have wanted to visit here for some time. It’s not along the typical tourist path, so I never quite made it before. Thanks to some usual, but unexpected traffic getting out of Tokyo, we had a late…

  • Prose Ode of Love!

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    Six years ago I went to an Internations event to avoid being lonely and sad at home after breaking up with my five-year boyfriend during the winter holidays. Just a week or so before that I had gone on a private retreat to reset my sights on attracting a partner who would be all I…

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