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What Do Mermaids Eat? . . . Rahqa

Posted on October 10, 2024 by johnrachel

Meet Rahqa, a mermaid with muscles, tattoos, and some very passionate concerns about the destruction of the oceans. You can’t blame her. It’s where she lives! Continue reading →

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What Do Mermaids Eat? . . . Corinne

Posted on October 7, 2024 by johnrachel

Meet Corinne, a mermaid that was hit by a nuclear submarine. Read all about her and 18 other mermaids in the most uniquely beautiful fantasy/travel/cookbook ever! Continue reading →

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What Do Mermaids Eat?

Posted on June 22, 2024 by johnrachel

I’m thinking about how many times in my entire life someone has asked me this question . . . “What Do Mermaids Eat?” Ah hah! I remember. ONE TIME! That was when my unpredictable, truly fascinating Japanese wife was sitting across from me in a café on Taketomi Island, Okinawa. Masumi smiled and said, “What do mermaids eat?” That was the one time. And it became the inspiration for my latest book! Continue reading →

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Shameless Self-Promotion Redux

Posted on December 21, 2021 by johnrachel

Why should I be ashamed to let people know about my books? I worked hard on them, am proud of my work, and honestly didn’t write them for glory and money — though I admit I certainly wouldn’t turn away either — but merely put a smile on some sad faces out there or a twinkle in a few eyes dulled by bad TV and too many computers and smart phones. Continue reading →

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Life In Japan: Visitors

Posted on July 28, 2020 by johnrachel

We’ve had a few visitors here in Japan, from other parts of the world. It’s certainly always a welcome change of pace to have people come and stay with us. We have a guest room in a two-story house affording decent privacy for all, and four bicycles. Showing folks the “real Japan” is always such a pleasure for us and usually a surprise for them. Japan is 70% covered with forest, and there is a breathtaking variety of landscapes: mountains, rivers, volcanoes, lush forests, beaches, valleys, lakes, and vast stretches of farm lands — some terraced — growing everything that can be grown here. Continue reading →

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Wild and Crazy in Chiang Mai, Thailand!

Posted on January 4, 2020 by johnrachel

As is standard operating procedure for us, on New Years Eve Masumi and I were well off the beaten path. We certainly weren’t in Times Square. We weren’t wearing a beer guzzler cap. We didn’t do vodka jello shooters, smoke DMT or put magic mushrooms on our eleven-cheese pizza. We never even got around to singing Auld Lang Syne. Between Christmas and New Years, we spent a week in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Continue reading →

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Beauty . . . is everywhere!

Posted on August 28, 2015 by johnrachel

“There is beauty everywhere.” I am learning to look for it. Continue reading →

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