December 2021 – David Hurley In Japan

Out With The Daily Stoic, In With The Daily Laws

December 31, 2021 David Hurley 0

Just about every morning for the last five years I have read the daily meditation in The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman. I blogged about a couple of the readings here (“You Don’t Have To Stay On Top Of Everything) and here (“On Clarity: Aliquo Respiciat”). However, [Read more…]

Viewing the Illuminated Autumn Leaves at Shukkeien, Hiroshima

December 4, 2021 David Hurley 0

In 1619 Toyotomi Hideyoshi appointed one of his trusted retainers, Asano Nagaakira, Daimyo of Hiroshima. On arriving in Hiroshima, Asano Nagaakira ordered one of his own retainers, warrior and master of the tea ceremony Ueda Soko, to lay out a garden for his villa. The idea was to create the illusion of a “miniature [Read more…]