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I started writing this column about 22 years ago.\u00a0 Detective Note number 000 was released on August 9th, 1998.\u00a0\u00a0 Since then there have been blank periods with no posts, but today I am writing number 80.\u00a0\u00a0 I have reread bits and pieces of the previous 79 notes, which reveal glimpses of a wham-bam, comic show stretching over the past 20 years.\u00a0 Each episode is entangled with unique light and shadow.\u00a0 My point-blank approach is very me and amusing after all these years.\u00a0 In the past month, and in the shadow of the raging coronavirus outbreak, I have reread some difficult books still on my bookshelf after tens of years and a few of my more light and humorous essays. In my younger days, it seems I found<\/p>\r\n

\u00a0it easier to write more transparent material.\u00a0 As I have gotten older, my writing seems to be more self-conscious.\u00a0 It isn’t interesting or beautiful writing at all.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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This coming June I will reach a milestone of my 70th birthday, I think I`d like to take this opportunity to write and not worry about what others think.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Fortunately or unfortunately, LPA`s spacious new office was ready to move into this last February.\u00a0\u00a0 And here I sit all alone in our new office.\u00a0\u00a0 All staff are telecommuting from home, but I communicate with them daily at our regular morning ZOOM staff meeting and exercise session.\u00a0\u00a0 Although, I have to say, working by myself is very comfortable.\u00a0 Sunlight shines in through the huge windows, with hints of the seasons, and it is very pleasant.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Just yesterday, it seems, pink cherry blossoms colored the view from these windows, and now new green leaves cover the trees.\u00a0 In the evening, intense sunlight from the west, in the direction of Ginza, shines in through the windows.\u00a0 At first, LPA staff all wore looks of annoyance, but once they get used to it, I think they will come to think of it like a pesky, old neighbor.\u00a0 The new office has its quirks, but with views of the green trees and Sumida River floating by, I think they are adapting well.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Ahhhh, I really hope the dust will being to settle around the coronavirus outbreak and my staff can return to the office.\u00a0 I am enjoying working alone in an empty office, but having said that, it is a trade-off.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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