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Kakigōri, Japan's Icy Summer Treat
Kakigōri is a shaved ice dessert made with ice and sweetened syrup but there are variations of shaved ice the world over. One day I’d love to try bingsu…
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On Books and Reading
If ever I had a first true love, it was books. Rooms filled with books have made me giddy with anticipation and delight, and stilled me to reverent…
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Make 'Em Say Uhn
Does the Language We Speak Inform the Way We Listen?
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ELEVEN QUESTIONS: Kana Lauren
My sense of home has never really been about a fixed place, and more about connection, community, and belonging.
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The In Case You Missed It Remedy
Occasionally Impervious has been up and running off and on since 2022 - here are a few of the pieces you may have missed along the way.
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On Feeling Safe
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Good Grief
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Accentuate the Positive
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On Halloween
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ELEVEN QUESTIONS: Karen Hill Anton
Everything changes. You’ll be all right. I live by that. It’s my background music. Knowing this is the antidote to fear, regret, guilt, worry. It…
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Home, or There and Back Again
It’s been less than a week since I returned to Tokyo from a short trip to see family and friends in New York...
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Trash Talk Tokyo
An inconvenient bunch of flowers changed the way I think about the things we throw away.
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ELEVEN QUESTIONS: █████ █████
Life is long and a lot can happen. Life slows to a crawl for those who suffer and seems to hasten when we have the resources and money to fulfill our…
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ELEVEN QUESTIONS: Etsuko Nishimura 西村 英津子
Every time I face something challenging, I try to take on the challenge. Even if it doesn't work well, I get what I try in return.
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Along Came Cancer
Colon cancer rates are rising fast among young adults. If you are 45 and above (or younger in some cases), and have not already, go get screened.
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ELEVEN QUESTIONS: Natalie Love Cruz
I remember hearing "no te ahogues en un vaso de agua" a lot, growing up...it literally translates to "don't drown in a cup of water."
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A Long Weekend in February
A few things things that stole my attention away from the day-to-day.
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Demons Out, Good Fortune In
Or what to do when the headlines from your country of birth read like the back-cover blurb of a deeply unsettling dystopian novel.
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Occasionally Impervious
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Essays and observations from a Brooklynite in Tokyo.
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