earth on foot 4 18 june 2025 A small brown spider crawls across my notebook. Spiders are storytellers, weaving intricate tales everywhere here.After hours of travel from Newark, my mother-in-law and I walked and walked, from Newnham to Cambridge Center and back, enjoying the last light of the season’s long, long day.Cambridge snapshots:—Moving aside for … Read more
earth on foot 3 11 June 2025 We left from Haneda Airport, Tokyo—more convenient from Asakusa than Narita—and flew directly approximately 15 hours to Dulles. Because of the time change and the date line we arrived in DC on the exact day and at the same time we left Tokyo.The next morning (a relative term), … Read more
earth on foot 2 3 June 2025 There is a soba shop in Ueno Station, a hub for 15 transit lines including the Tokyo Ginza and Hibiya Lines and Shinkansen bullet trains. I walked 20 minutes and arrived at the cozy restaurant during the very active lunch hour. I place my order at the touch … Read more
earth on foot 1 may 27, 2025 Between May 14 and May 18, I ran along the Mediterranean Sea (Israel), the Mississippi River (St. Paul, MN), and the Sumida River (Tokyo).The Mediterranean with its open shore goes from teal to cobalt to sea glass green within an hour. With bionic vision from my path you … Read more