ロバート: Ha, I had no idea it was your hometown. For some reason, everytime my wife and I go, we always manage to go when the weather is bad (relative to Ireland in general ) I will definitely take your travel suggestions in advisement. I’d love to go out to the Eye and see the old tomb on the other side of town.

Tornado: Thanks Tornado. I am kind of ambivalent about the Buddhist theme. I felt the blog before was too imbalanced, too preachy, and too narrow at times. I hated it when something I taught because someone’s else point of content on their blog (alcohol topics for example). So I like the broader theme now where I can talk about non-Buddhist stuff sometimes, but then weave in Buddhist topics too from time to time.

That, and to be honest, my focus these days is on language study and the JLPT certification. I just lost interest in Buddhist textual studies compared to before. Studying religion is useful to a point, but after three years of that (in various blogs) I realized I was getting nothing out of it. So, I decided to shift my studies to something practical and fun (and rewarding if I pass the JLPT).

I’ll look forward to your re-posts.