We have been traveling to Japan at least once every year since 2008 because it is one of our favorite places to visit in Asia. Since we heard the news of Tohoku earthquake and tsunami (東日本大震災) hitting Japan on March 11th, 2011, both of us have been contemplating doing something to help. Last December, we […]
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A master at her arts of teasing… and pleasing. She loves without loving; Waiting to be called to become the mysterious consort again. Learning to gain her pleasure through others. the unattached concubine masking her emotions to say what the other needs to hear. Controlling the circumstance with submission. sending the bodies she touches into […]
Her mouth is like a small red heart Her hair, black and shining, swept up into an abstract geometry of tender secrets. But behind the white mask, the humble step, those delicate bowed shoulders and cultivated sighs, is an ancient matter of wills: hers bent to yours. Poem by Karen Peterson Winter Editorial Portrait – […]