michael lambe

I want to get a couple of links out of the way first so…
There aren’t enough posts on bars on Deep Kyoto. This summer I aims to remedy that. God help my liver! Anyway, the first of many is up tonight: Bar Hawkwind. It’s a good place. I like it.
And this will make you smile [...]

I’m in a book! Or rather Deep Kyoto is. Old Lado buddy Masaya Kanzaki writes:
I know an editor at 実務教育出版, and I told her about Deep Kyoto a while ago. She liked it, and so she included the link to Deep Kyoto in their new book called ネットの英語技術 with a short introduction. [...]

Today’s message from Hozouji:

信頼は
最上の縁者
心の安らぎは
最上の幸福
shinrai ha
saijou no enja
kokoro no yasuragi ha
saijou no shiawase
Notice how the kanji for good fortune 福 has been squeezed into the word for happiness: しあわせ. This is from the Dhammapada (法句経). The story goes there was this king who used to eat a big old meaty lunch every day and then fall [...]

My goodness! The snow was coming down in sheets today! I don’t think I’ve seen such a snowfall in Kyoto before. After finishing my stint at the clinic today, I slopped through the slushy streets to check out the latest meditation at Hozouji. It’s a simple one this month. Simple kanji, simple words, simple message. [...]

Another fresh posting up on THE SISTER BLOG today of the cafe and art gallery etw.
Checking google analytics the other day, I discovered that a lot of people were coming to this blog via the obscenely popular TOEIC BLITZ BLOG written by my old friend and colleague Masaya “The Messiah” Kanzaki. Masaya was kind enough [...]