Karin Welss
- Location
- California, USA
- Birthday
- March 08
- Bio
- Novelist, avid traveler, and nerd, Karin was born in Canada, raised in California, and has lived in Australia and England. She is an award-winning technical writer and author of historical fiction, both under her own name, and as part of the Michaela August writing team. Karin also authors anime and manga reviews for her local library's blog. She lives in California with three laptops, a small but noisy parrot, and more books than she has room for on her shelves.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Japan Travel Journal: Tokyo
Day 4: Ueno, Edo-Tokyo Museum,
a
October 21, 2008 10:02AM - Japan Travel Journal Day 3:
Tokyo – Sushi for Breakfast
October 21, 2008 10:01AM - Japan Travel Journal: Tokyo,
Day One-and-a-Half
October 21, 2008 09:58AM - Travel Blog: Bursa, Turkey
(June, 2008)
September 03, 2008 02:24PM - Travel Blog: Kamakura
(December, 2004)
September 02, 2008 12:25AM
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Japan Travel Journal: Tokyo Day 4: Ueno, Edo-Tokyo Museum, a
Another beautiful day in Tokyo, with sunny, mild weather, and Lori, Nick, and I did quite a bit of sightseeing today.
We’ve discovered that Tokyo is a late-rising city for the most part. Even the cafes open later in the morning, around 8am, and the French patisserie around the corner… Read full post »
Japan Travel Journal Day 3: Tokyo – Sushi for Breakfast
We all rose before dawn today (not a difficult task, considering that we’re all jet-lagged and wide-awake at 5am anyway) and dined on coffee and French pastries before braving the rush hour traffic on the train to go down to the Tsukiji Wholesale Market, renowned for its fish auction.
It… Read full post »
Japan Travel Journal: Tokyo, Day One-and-a-Half
It’s a little past 1 PM on our first full day in Tokyo, we’re back in our super-luxurious hotel room suite at the Four Season Marunouchi, and my friend Lori is leading her husband Nick and me through a series of yoga stretches. We’re lined up along the room’s hallway wall,… Read full post »
Travel Blog: Bursa, Turkey (June, 2008)
The drive north this morning showed us shifting landscapes
once
again. Sunburned hills covered with olive and oak turned to
rice
paddies and poplars, and the verges of the highway were fringed
with
green grass once again.
We arrived in Bursa, known as 'green Bursa' during the Ottoman
days
for its many pea… Read full post »
Travel Blog: Kamakura (December, 2004)
(This travel journal entry was originally posted to my Yahoo!Group travel journal list.)
Temple Trudge II: Return to Kamakura
Imagine this: a grove of giant bamboo, wrapped in
late-afternoon
shadow and deep stillness. A small tea-house set in the midst of
the
grove, looking out over a tiny spring trickl… Read full post »
Travel Blog: Tokyo (December 1, 2004)
(This account of sightseeing in Tokyo was originally posted to my Yahoo!Groups travel journal group.)
We've been unbelievably blessed with good weather during our stay so far--it's been a bit chilly in the mornings, but the days have been sunny and mild, making our strolls around the neighborhoods of… Read full post »
Anime and Manga Review: Full Metal Panic!
(This review originally appeared on one of the Alameda County Library's blogs.)
This week, I’m reviewing Full Metal Panic!, an action-adventure series available at the Fremont Main and San Lorenzo library branches.
Full Metal Panic! is one of the best of the anime genre that feature
… Read full post »Anime and Manga Review: Fruits Basket
(This review originally appeared on one of the Alameda County Library's blogs.)
I’m continuing my review of the Dublin Library’s anime and manga collection this week with another personal favorite, Fruits Basket.
This manga series is a surprisingly poignant and often moving ch
… Read full post »
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