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About Me
- Robert Brady
- Born and raised in upstate New York, traveled for a decade after college, lived in various places around the world, keeping a journal. Settled in Kyoto in 1980, moved to this mountainside above Lake Biwa in 1995. Started Pure Land Mountain in April 2002. Written and sidebar contents 2002~2015 copyright Robert Brady
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It's always the hammer's fault! :-)
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