If I had to identify with one non-North American culture, it would be Japanese. That's fairly random for a blonde-haired, blue-eyed English speaker, I realize that. I didn't know much about Japan until a girl from Nagano lived with my family one summer during high school. I entered college, and the 9 AM Japanese classes I kept ending up in somehow developed into my major. It turns out that my school had one of the strongest East Asian Studies programs out there. My sense

This past weekend saw us hosting two more international students and - once again - showing them the local sites. A trip to Peace Arch and White Rock was a part of the plan, but unlike our last sightseeing voyage to the border, this weekend's weather was warm and sunny. A great day for photography. A great day to leave my big camera at home. ...but as I've been experimenting...so much of photography is about capturing the moment. The iPhone came out to capture random sna