Winter Jennifer Roche sat at her desk and stared out the window. The snowy deluge showed no sign of stopping. Scores of thick clumps fell […]
Category: Blog
12 Months in Tengoku – Part 1
One year and two weeks ago, I moved to a town on Japan’s west coast named Joetsu. On my third day, a local told me […]
Yankee dogs go home
The evening is calm and the sea stretches into the horizon like a great blotchy carpet. Far offshore, red specks of light occasionally flash amid […]
Yusuf and the Red Book
My maternal Grandfather had an excellent repertoire of stories, collected over the course of his career as a diplomat. Before he died, he wrote some of them down. This is one of them.
What I’ve learned about Shinto
Nature spirits, scorched temples and accepting death – this is Shinto, Japan’s native belief system.
Yo Vocal Magazine – Book Review: The Catcher in the Rye
4-minute read. My flatmate reads this goddamn book and tells me that it’s alright so I pick it up to see if it’s as sexy as he says it is and all I get is this mopey kid.
CANTA Magazine – Doof Church
5-minute read. Written for CANTA Magazine in 2020. This piece is about the drum and bass scene in Christchurch.
CANTA Magazine – Smackdown 2020
5-minute read. Written in October of 2020 for Yo Vocal Magazine. About that year’s US presidential election and parrallels to WWE.