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    Healing in the House!

    Warts are not pretty. They belong on toads and storybook witches with large noses and green skin. In fact, they’re probably one of the most unsightly offenders on an otherwise healthy human hand or foot. My oldest daughter who shall remain nameless (heh heh) had a colony of them comfortably thriving on about a quarter [...]

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    Lessons from the Potter

    Mr. Tanaka is a potter. His shop and studio are nestled snuggly beside his traditional style Japanese home, quite literally off the beaten path. We’d only visited once, back in 2007, but even now I can recall the lush greens, the dense bamboo thicket, and the muddy path leading to his place. The rain was [...]

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    The Sound of Heaven

    You’d miss the joint if you weren’t familiar with the area, and familiar we were not. We passed it at least twice as we zoomed back and forth on the same stretch of road for several minutes. Finally, we spotted the modest concrete brick building – situated literally under the train tracks -  and slipped [...]