Minnesota Musings Getting It Done I like that I can get things done that I put my mind to. I am still a flawed individual that much I know. Yes…mahmudMay 3, 2020
Minnesota Musings Random Rant I trust my instinct and act on it. Meeting someone on a random corner at a random time last week turned into a nice bike…mahmudApril 30, 2020
Minnesota Musings Drawn to Words What I write for warm ups doesn't really matter. It is literally warming the fingers to the keyboard and making room for the words to…mahmudApril 26, 2020
Minnesota Musings You have no idea People only get a slice of one’s life and pass judgments on that slice. The reality, people never know what goes on hour after hour,…mahmudApril 23, 2020
Japan Diary Settled In? Life under the pandemic is settling down a bit now that there is some clarity about what to do and how to protect oneself. Easily…mahmudApril 21, 2020
Minnesota Musings FLOW Today is like every other day these days. They all flow one into the other. Doesn’t take long to get into the groove. I wonder…mahmudApril 17, 2020
Japan Diary Hell and High Having to stay in during a rainy day is one thing, being required to under the guise of self-quarantine is another. Combine the two and…mahmudApril 16, 2020
Japan Diary Three Stages of a Phrase As you all know I am a long time resider of Japan. Prior to moving here and well into my tenure, I made a decision…mahmudApril 14, 2020
Japan Diary Oddities in Surreal Times #1 On March 6th before things got real and the big C really reared its ugly head, I wrote a piece titled, "Corona Oddities in Japan"…mahmudApril 5, 2020
Minnesota A Letter to Mother Wednesday, April 1st Dear Mother, Hello. How are you? I hope this finds you better than we are doing under the circumstances. I can tell…mahmudApril 1, 2020