My friend Brandy noted today that my blog has been pretty quiet since the beginning of November, and attributed it to the writing I must be doing for Nanowrimo. If only that was the reason. Life has conspired to keep… Read more ›
This is going to be quick, because we have to do school, and I have to write 2000 words today for Nanowrimo, but I wanted to tell you all about trick or treating last night. Â I don’t have many pictures… Read more ›
We had such a lovely day today. This week is our skip week from school (we have 1 week off a month, and no long summer vacation), so the girls played this morning while I planned out school for the… Read more ›
Today after school was done we ventured out to Tokyo station and the Imperial Palace. I’ve been wanting to go to the Imperial Palace since we first came here, but it never happened, and then when we knew we were… Read more ›
It is 3:30 pm on Monday. It is warm outside; there’s supposed to be a typhoon coming in a couple days. It’s not supposed to be too bad, but I’ve stocked up our food in case it’s too rainy/windy to… Read more ›
So I’m planning on doing Nanowrimo this year, and October is always my month to plan, so I’m always on the lookout for inspiration. This year’s book is going to be about witches and fox spirits and forest magic and… Read more ›
We had a nice morning, school went well and I discovered that the girls have an interest in the Hindu deities that they haven’t shown for the Roman or Greek gods. (I LOVED the Greek gods at Z’s age.) After… Read more ›
A few posts ago, when I mentioned Halloween, Brandy asked: “So, I have a youth pastor friend who is very anti Halloween since it is a pagan (if not outright devil worshipping…I haven’t ever pinned him down on that) holiday.… Read more ›
If you’ve ever thought, “you know what Maryanne’s blog needs? More pictures of rocks, mushrooms, animals, and crazy things from a museum!” then this post is for you. If not, and you in fact feel the opposite, then all I… Read more ›
Today we went with some friends to Himonya Hachiman Shrine for a matsuri (festival). I wish I could bottle up the smells and tastes and sounds for all of you, because they’re amazing. But I can show you some of the… Read more ›
