I'm doing well.  The world seems also to be okay, with no weather calamities and the wars in Ukraine and Gasa Strip in some  kind of stalemate.  Will Iran take revenge?  Will there be a truce and hostage exchange?  The ship daily provides the USA Times. On the Donald Trump front, nothing much.  The  hush money criminal trial  will proceed in New York City on April 15, the Supreme Court will on April 25 hear oral arguments about his immunity request and Fani Willis is still on the Georgia RICO case.   Who leads today , Trump or Biden?  Who cares.  These trials will make the difference on November 5. In sports. March Madness came and went, with Connecticut repeating as men's champs, and South Carolina returning to the top for women.   I haven't seen any Major League Baseball game this year on TV and I've missed making roster adjustments with regularity, but my three ESPN fantasy teams still lead their leagues at #1. The Masters  begins in a few hours.  Tiger Woods is sche

Here is a  summary of the Republican debate  two months before Iowa votes.   Time  magazine  feels Nikki Haley won. Our entire five week journey will be spent only in Japan.  I really don't know much about the history of Japan, so learn with me: Human life in Japan began nearly  40,000 years ago  during the Stone Age.  Tools first came from Northern China about 34,000 years ago, then advancements were introduced from Siberia 20,000 years ago. The Jomon period began in 14,000 BC and continued to 300 BC. By the start of 300 BC, rice farming and the metallurgy of iron and bronze arose during the Yayoi period. The documented history goes back to 250 AD, the Kofu period, when Shintoism was introduced and the Imperial House began to rise.  A Torii Gate sits at the entrance of a Shinto temple.  If in the water, then adjacently on land. From 538 during the Asuka period, when there was a big leap in political, social and artistic aspects of the society.  Buddhism was brought to the country