I think last year my BBQ season started in spring, this year it came as early as the wintery new year, January 5th to be exact. How could I refuse, some friends invited us over under the disguise of a

The new year always finds me taking a hike up a near by hill to visit a shrine and enjoy the scenery. Heck, the year ended that way as well. There is just something about a hike that gets my spirit in

Happy New Year! At first glance one may think this is Mt. Fuji but it’s far from it. It’s a local mountain in my area that gets frosty in the winter and I have coined it the local Fuji.Mt Asama is 2,568