KaBooM62's Story Time

The Christmas lights went up after Halloween, which had gone the way of Christmas in its commercialization in Japan. As soon as the orange pumpkin faces and black witches’ hats came down the twinkling Christmas trees and Santa Clauses went up. Generic Christmas carols were piped into the music... Sign in to see full entry.

‘I always get the strange ones!’ Judy was driving and Lisa was sitting on the passenger’s side. On the way to the post office, they discussed past experiences with government workers. ‘Yeah, but the people down at immigration have gotten better. They used to ignore you while they waited on you,... Sign in to see full entry.

Within the next few days the meetings went well and Judy was relieved that Tanaka was behaving. They got the job done early. They had even had the dinner hosted by the French president at a very posh place near their hotel. If only this could be a little more relaxing, but she couldn’t have more... Sign in to see full entry.

Usually she accompanied her boss in her travels. But more and more lately she and the other butchos went to whatever country for trouble shooting. It was just a week after the beautiful emerald green wagon had come into her possession, and she, Sugiyama, and Tanaka were due to go to Paris to meet... Sign in to see full entry.

Judy didn’t forget the earthquake in Niigata. She got the news. She was never home for the bilingual version so she watched it in Japanese and she prided herself on understanding most of it. Someone died of thrombosis of the lung. She had been fast to look that one up, before she lost it. It was... Sign in to see full entry.

What would Judy do when the big one hit? Later that question became unavoidable when re-thinking her earlier conversation with Lisa. Of coarse she would stay and fight, with Lisa! That comment by Takeshi should be just as insulting to her. But what were her ties? She wasn’t involved with anybody... Sign in to see full entry.

She met Lisa when she had time, and these days she had none. But she made a point to get together with Lisa and sometimes the group of friends which included her boyfriend as often as possible. One Sunday afternoon found just the two of them sitting in this little café they called ‘the trendy café’... Sign in to see full entry.

They discussed the earthquake over lunch, but it wasn’t enough; she wanted more, she wanted to use the words she’d heard on the news. She wanted to say how impressed she was with the way people smiled into the camera, shaking their heads explaining that their house had been dilapidated and they were... Sign in to see full entry.

This is my second novel. It is written in four parts: Before, During, After, and Before the Ever After. The time is present and the Tokai Earthquake happens. Judy Garland, a Texas gal, living in Shimizu, Japan, experiences the Tokai Eartquake first hand. This is her story. I will be posting it in... Sign in to see full entry.

Now his mother was gone, gone for good. The sorrow overwhelmed him. When she drew her last breath in the hospital he cursed the cancer that had taken her life. His sister and niece stood near and momentarily looked at him blinking, their own sorrow put on hold. Yoshihiko had put his head back and... Sign in to see full entry.