I had a substantial issue planned for you, including an essay on the No Kings Day protests and why it struck me as a sad day for my fellow Baby Boomers. That is what you should be getting today had I finished it before I left the States on Sunday.
But I didn’t. Not quite. So, here it is Wednesday and I’m in Japan again, preparing for a week of speeches and interviews and meetings with my Japanese partners.
Tokyo’s skyline
K and I are also doing a bit of touristing. Yesterday, we saw two fantastic art exhibitions – the first one a retrospective of the paintings (really billboards) of one of my favorite Japanese Edo-period (1603-1868) painters, and the second one an exhibition of Art Deco-period haut couture clothing.
Those activities took precedence over finishing the issue on the protests. So what I’ve done instead is “share” with you a draft of something I wrote for my Japanese readers about what I want to do (but often don’t) with my spare time.
If you are an ambitious sort, you will probably recognize a good deal of familiar thoughts and feelings in that draft. What I’d like to know is if you care about it – i.e., whether it bothers you when you spend an hour or several hours doing nothing or less than nothing. And if not, why not?
And since we’re talking about things we do in our spare time, I’m including some (lukewarm) recommendations for books and movies later in this issue that you might want to check out.
