Grateful Red in Takebe, Japan

pic - Mark in his element, with the cutoff jeans, Red Sox Wild Card t-shirt, mike in hand with a locals only jam band at his back. Probably channeling Neil Young better than Neil himself. Ya think this man has it figured out?

I'm proud of my little brother, Mark. He's found his place in this crazy mixed-up world. He's my only brother and I've sometimes thought I love him like a son, too. Yeah, I know. Weird. But I know he's pretty darn happy right now where he is, and that's really all anyone can ever ask for in life - to be happy. Not rich, not famous, just happy as a pig in slop.

He just moved from Ground Zero in Hiroshima, a big city in Japan, to the countryside of Okayama Prefecture in a tiny village called Takebe. His wife Yumi inherited her parent's home there and they fixed it up. They moved there at the end of January and are settling in. Yumi works in the women's clothing department of a major department store in the city of Okayama. Mark is re-starting his English Conversation School business there. He just sent me a link to his website he'll use to advertise. Here it is:
http://web.me.com/harrissongs/Site/Welcome.html
Check it out.


The house in Takebe. Nice!

Representing the Red Sox Nation at a Hiroshima Carp game. Go Sox!