Tuesday, June 3, 2008
An Unremarkable Moment
An Unremarkable Moment by Karen Bremer Masuda He offered her his hand one day, way back when they were working at the same company. She didn’t do things like that; things like clumsily drop a pile of papers right under both of their noses. He had no choice but to help her, but in the two minutes it...
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Sunday, June 1, 2008
A Soft Place on a Rooftop Between Heaven and the Hard Earth, Continued
Things in the infirmary were not going any better. The principal, having returned to face an emergency situation, cast grave eyes on Sonoko’s body. The school had come this far without one of these; he had hoped this didn’t have to happen here, at least not until his term was over. Yoshimura sensei...
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A Soft Place on a Rooftop Between Heaven and the Hard Earth
A Soft Place on a Rooftop Between Heaven and the Hard Earth by Karen Bremer Masuda Sonoko woke up to find herself alive and late for class. It was a matter of habit that her spirit would open her eyes to the clock in the infirmary and panic at the fact that she was late for class. She ran down the...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Before the Ever After, After 12 The Last Chapter
Shachou moved the picnic table from the veranda outside to one of the benches which had been lining the room, letting in a gust of cold air. Pushing the remaining bench to the other side of the table, allowed for the ones who had lingered on, to sit, as Judy and Obasan gathered the remaining food;...
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Before the Ever After, After 11
Shachou’s house was filled to the brim with everyone she ever knew. Judy, having finished chattering with Tanaka about her last business trip, leaned back absorbing her surroundings like a sponge. The fact that she and Tanaka could be so amiable to each other was elating, and in a way she would even...
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
Before the Ever After, 8
As the waitress came with their food, discussion veered to their families back home after which there was a comfortable silence as they munched quietly on their sandwiches for a while. Before dessert, while they still had some coffee left to sip, Judy broke the silence with a question. ‘So how is...
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Before the Ever After, 7
Their embrace was long for they hadn’t seen each other in six months; Judy and Lisa clung to each other outside the re-built café which they used to frequent, like the burdens they had collectively born were too much for either to bear. It being a hot day in August, both women wore sleeveless shirts...
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Before the Ever After, 6
‘ Ore tachi Hawaii ni sumou to omounda,’ With these words Sugiyama rather harshly, told his parents that ‘we think we want to live in Hawaii ’. They were sitting around that same table as back in June only this time they were eating mizutaki instead of sukiyaki and it was September. Isei had told...
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Before the Ever After, 5
In the hot month of August Judy informed Shachou of her wish to resign from her work at the company. ‘Christmas is as good a cut off point as any!’ Shachou had gazed at the Calendar narrowing his eyes. Taken aback, Judy nodded, but she had intended to stay till March! ‘We’ll get someone in to be...
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Saturday, May 17, 2008
Before the Ever After, 4
The rooftop beer garden’s lanterns swayed with the breeze; the warm breeze of an August night. Though only the first day of this August month, they were already into the hottest weather of the year. Tomorrow they would be apart for over two weeks for their respective business trips. They sat...
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