Category Archives: nostalgia

Thursday with Friends

Posted on August 10, 2019 by

I am a little behind in my blogging, but rather than inundate you with incredibly long posts, I will just have to slowly catch up.  I might be a few days behind for a while. I start with Thursday’s Perfect Moment. … Continue reading →

Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, beer, books, bookstore, comic books, food, friends, friendship, gifts, nostalgia, patio bar, playing pool, presents, restaurant, Yonge street | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

When My Memory Surprises Me

Posted on April 17, 2019 by

When I was a kid, watching afterschool TV with my sisters, we had an unwritten competition surrounding some of those classic TV shows. I am talking about the Brady Bunch or Gilligan’s Island or possibly My Three Sons.  These shows … Continue reading →

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When Shopping At A Japanese Grocery Store

Posted on April 8, 2019 by

Once, a long time ago, I watched a Japanese TV program that was waxing nostalgic about Japanese summer treats.  One of the things they mentioned was Monaka.  If I remember correctly, the program was not really talking about the Monaka … Continue reading →

Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, chocolate, comfort food, delicious, ethnic food, food, food blogging, food shopping, grocery shopping, ice cream, Japan, Japanese, Japanese snacks, nostalgia, shopping, TV | 3 Comments

Coffee Old School

Posted on March 29, 2019 by

If my coffee maker had died after it made my coffee yesterday morning, I could have then gone out and bought a new one (fixing the old one would be preferable, but it was beyond my skills). Since that is … Continue reading →

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What happened to Facebook?

Posted on March 19, 2019 by

As an ESL teacher, I am sometimes caught in a time warp. Of course, teaching people younger than I am is always going to expose a generation gap, but actually it is the textbooks that are a bigger culprit.  This … Continue reading →

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Peeling Back Time

Posted on October 16, 2018 by

Several years ago I was at the Sunfest (a fantastic free world music festival) in London, Ontario and spotted one of my favourite professors.  I wanted to go and talk to him, tell him about his great teaching, and how … Continue reading →

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The Healing Power of Ramen

Posted on September 6, 2018 by

Lately, I had been feeling that my connection to Japan had started to wane.  I hadn’t eaten any Japanese food recently.  I hadn’t watched any Jvloggers–or at least the Jvloggers I had watched were reporting from places other than Japan.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, comfort food, eating, ethnic food, food, Japanese, nostalgia, ramen, restaurant, Toronto | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

Evoking Memories

Posted on June 18, 2018 by

I don’t know if everyone is old enough to remember Welcome Back Kotter. I suppose it must come back from time to time in reruns–but in this Netflix age, perhaps that isn’t true anymore. I watched the show pretty faithfully … Continue reading →

Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, memories, memory, nostalgia, show, television, TV | Tagged , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Are These Popular Again?

Posted on June 5, 2018 by

When I was young, the most popular souvenir seemed to be the Hard Rock Cafe T-shirt. I saw them everywhere.  I saw them on old people, young people, men, women, and children. The locations varied from London and Paris to … Continue reading →

Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, coffee, collecting, ESL, nostalgia, souvenirs, students, t-shirts, teaching, tourism, travel | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 11 Comments

Nostalgia

Posted on June 4, 2018 by

A long time ago, in the previous century in fact, I taught in Japan.  I taught in a small city jammed up into the corner created by the corner of Osaka and Nara Prefectures.  It had beautiful mountains that housed a huge … Continue reading →

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