From the American
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The Edo Period
Edo was 200 years of peace in Japan. The Edo period, also known as the Tokugawa period, is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country’s 300 regional daimyo. Edo period was characterized by economic growth, strict social order,… Continue reading
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Kamikaze
There are two thoughts here that both came to me at the same time. And my first thought was that if we are facing death and we see that film where our life plays before us, maybe we also have electronic devices that can actually play some media for us as well. And I was… Continue reading
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Five dark stories from a dystopian reality (2020)
The happiness door A one kilo bag of sugar Cat scratch fever The torture machine The night of the long knives Continue reading
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Found in the Translation (2017-2021)
In 2017, I got involved with a Russian journalist. Russia very much wanted me to be on their side apparently and they were sending me quite a few people. You can always tell people who are on a mission to be with me and people who actually want to improve their English. You might not… Continue reading
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Being Had (2003)
What can I say about this one? This was my only attempt at a book. This means I went into the writing thinking of this as a book. Technically, never having tried to write a book before, I figured out about how long books were. Certainly, you need as much space and time to tell… Continue reading
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Pod Kablukom (2002)
In terms of satisfying the catalog, the writing of Pod Kablukom started before the writing of ownership and ended after it. And it was the longest writing process of any play I have ever been a part of. Not necessarily to get the original text straight. The original text was formulated in Pinsk and then… Continue reading
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High Society talk
I’m sorry if you have been waiting for my light to come on or wondering if I’ve died or something like that. I wonder about that too sometimes. I’m still around I’m just truly in winter mode. This doesn’t mean that I don’t do anything. I assure you, I’m plenty tired physically and mentally and… Continue reading
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Hanukkah
Tonight starts a nice holiday in the Jewish calendar. The festival of lights. They say there is a miracle attached to it and I don’t know, I’ve seen miracles so I believe it could happen. I’ve even had my stove suddenly come back to life even though everyone was sure that all the gas was… Continue reading
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All the new writing is ready to go
Please check out this week’s Utopia / Dystopia. What’s in it? Well, it’s mostly about Utopia so it’s really about people trying to do the very best they can and understanding that their efforts are counted as teamwork. Maybe good rules to live by in a selfish brutal world that is not going anywhere good… Continue reading
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Disney understands my neighbors
I want to say firstly that I don’t really like kicking people when they are down. I also feel better about my life when I am a counter puncher. I don’t really like being on the aggressive side. I’m saying this because my neighbors have managed to avoid offending me for the day. They have… Continue reading
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