It’s been quite some time since I posted an update about my atypical life so I’ll start with the most recent development.  I will no longer be writing The Tokyo Traveler for b5 media and while it was hard to say sayonara, I enjoyed the experience and it has led me to create a new […]

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Nick has provided us with 8 Fabbertastic facts about himself and has passed the baton on to me.  It’s the blog version of a chain letter (which I hate, by the way, and often temp the fates by breaking the chain) but I didn’t want to drop the ball even though there was not the […]

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My name is Shane and I am an expat wife. I’m not making any excuses about it but I do tire of some of the questions and assumptions that go with the role. Let me answer a few….

No, I don’t work at a traditional job. I have traveled half way around […]

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Welcome to my new, self hosted, home!  I’m happy that you dropped by for a visit and hope that you will update your bookmarks and subscribe to my new feed by clicking the RSS icon to the right.
The format of this blog is based on the Cutline Theme but Chris Pearson. I modified the header […]

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As many of you know I have been blogging since November of last year and in the past 6 months 10,000 people have taken the time to read what I write about. I think that’s pretty cool and to be honest with you I am blown away! The WordPress.com platform is amazing and it has […]

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As most of you know, I have started to write for other blogs.  While I want to share everything here it just doesn’t make sense to create posts that just force you to click onto another site.  I hate those kind of posts and I don’t want to subject you to them any more that […]

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I have been asked to be a contributor to a new Japan Blogzine called 7:10 to Tokyo.   Billy West, the founder of 7:10 to Tokyo describes the publication like this:
“7:10 to Tokyo is an online magazine or blogazine, if you will. It’s contributors are bloggers who either live in Japan or have a strong […]

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A little while ago Brad asked Did Japan Change YOU?  This got me to thinking.  My initial reaction on Japansoc was to say that “I think that I’ve become more patient and more understanding of the fact that there is not one right way to do things”. I elaborated a bit further but that response […]

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Today I have a very special announcement to make that is the culmination of some work that has been going on behind the scenes for a couple of months now.  It is with great pride that I am announcing my debut as a paid blogger!  I have joined b5media and will be writing The Tokyo […]

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Konichiwa!  Well I have finally made it to the start of my adventure in Japan which is awesome but there have been a few glitches.  I finally have a temporary internet connection but it’s not on my computer so you won’t be hearing from me regularily until next week.
So let me recap things so far:

The […]

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