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Greg Vessar
I love music, I love to travel, and I love to write. My blog "A Thousand Miles from Kansas" combines all three. I am a Kansas boy and an educator on sabbatical. I have lived in many places around the globe and I currently live in northern Japan. Journey with me as I combine my loves of music, travel, and the written word as I navigate through life.
Haiku for Mother #2
To travel back in time…
Haiku for Mother #1
Happy Birthday Mom. I miss you every day.
The Japanese Whirlwind Part III: The Deer Feeder!
The whirlwind continues in the ancient Japanese capitals of Nara and Kyoto.
The Japanese Whirlwind! Part II: Viagogo is a Big Fat No No!
The Japanese Whirlwind! Part II: Viagogo is a Big Fat No No! Mike attends his first professional Japanese baseball game in Osaka…with a little hiccup!
The Japanese Whirlwind! Part I: Thank You Atomic Boy!
It was a Japanese whirlwind! Melissa’s older brother Mike and his wife Judy traveled to Japan last month to experience as much as possible in two weeks. And it was a fast two weeks. A trip that was months in the planning flew by in the fastest two weeks known to man!
Haiku Thought
As the new school year begins…
Thanks Mark! A Shooting Star Top Ten!
Today I share with you another bit of Kansas City rock history with my Shooting Star top ten! Thanks for the inspiration Mark!
Summer Haiku
A haiku to bask in the humid heat of Northern Japan in August and lament those spring temperatures.
My Heart was Stolen on the Tokyo Disney Monorail.
Recently, on the Tokyo Disney Monorail, my heart was stolen.
A Thousand Miles from Kansas 