Archive - Nanako’s Yūrei (幽霊 ghosts)

Imagining my Great Uncle's Beginning

Jun 11 • Nanako Water

April 2026

Robert's Harvest

A story based on my relative, a young American doctor trapped in Japan during WWII.

Apr 30 • Nanako Water

Stephen King's "Life of Chuck" inspires something...

Apr 19 • Nanako Water

February 2026

People Are Food

Something to chew on

Feb 4 • Nanako Water

January 2026

The Kid and the Wolf

My 7-year old self tells what happened in 1964

Jan 26 • Nanako Water

Buddha Had Baggage

How the 2024 book "Meditations for Mortals", and the 1995 movie "Smoke" can help make sense of life

Jan 21 • Nanako Water

December 2025

First Time, Last Time

Here's my list for 2025.

Dec 15, 2025 • Nanako Water

Friendship, Not Romance

How did I come to believe this?

Dec 1, 2025 • Nanako Water

October 2025

Thoughts upon Kari's passing and reading 4,000 Weeks

Oct 29, 2025 • Nanako Water

A Misquote For Our Times

Anne Lamott made the mistake of attributing this entire paragraph to the youngest Nobel Prize winner, Albert Camus, but I actually like this unknown…

Oct 27, 2025 • Nanako Water

August 2025

An Intimate Portrait of a Family's Worst Nightmare

My review of Maggie O'Farrell's novel Hamnet, A Novel of the Plague

Aug 12, 2025 • Nanako Water

What We Want From Our Stories

My review of Richard Russo's book Life and Art

Aug 5, 2025 • Nanako Water