Boro Ichi is a great big flea market that runs for two days in December and two days in January. There are over 700 stalls. We came home with a sword for Bruce, kokeshi dolls for the girls, and plenty… Read more ›
This is the last post, until I load the pictures on from my iPod and discover a whole bunch I didn’t post. Shoganai. (It is what it is.) We went to Disneyland with my parents during the Halloween season. The… Read more ›
I realized today that I have pictures going back to at least October that I haven’t posted. So this is the first of a number of posts full of pictures. I’m going backwards in time- sorry about that, but it… Read more ›
We’ve been back in school (Flying Butler Academy) for two weeks now, and have settled into a routine. Every year I create a basic schedule for the day, and this year I decided to try something different- splitting the school… Read more ›
Yesterday we explored an area we hadn’t been to yet in Jiyugaoka in search of a temple that my friend posted about on Facebook. (I love FB for that reason.) We found it, and it was incredible. It’s on the… Read more ›
words. (This post had a whole explanation of everything but wordpress just ate it. So I leave it here for the moment with no comment other than the placeholder “words” that I started it with.)
I saw an ad for Lysol that included the “word” healthing. As in, “A healthing tip”. Healthing is not a word. It’s so not a word that the ad actually made me angry. I think perhaps I need more sleep.… Read more ›
This month has been pretty abysmal for finishing books. I only finished 2 all month. That’s ridiculous. I already posted about In Our Time by Hemingway. The other book I finished was A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe. To… Read more ›
These are the books I’ve read in the last two weeks. The Girls at the Kingfisher Clubby Genevieve Valentine was pretty much custom made for me. It’s an adaptation of the fairy tale of the twelve dancing princesses, set during… Read more ›
Judy Blume recently spoke at the Hay Festival, and one of the things she said was that parents need to be less worried about what their kids are reading. I’ve been thinking about her comments for a little while now and need… Read more ›