I came to Japan to discover more Zen.
My teacher is a cricket.
I live alone in my tiny traditional Japanese home, mostly empty.
It is silent, peaceful, still.
Ah, but for this cricket.
He is now my constant companion.
He chirps when I arrive and chirps late into the hours of the night.
Since I could not sleep in the middle of the night and had nothing better t…
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