Here’s what I read at the end of July- lots of non-fiction, but quite excellent non-fiction. Careless People Sarah Churchwell is about the state of America in 1926, the year that Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby. It covers so many… Read more ›
This summer I decided to bypass the complaining about not having anything to do by coming up with summer challenges. We have challenges that we choose from each day to do together, and then another set that are for when… Read more ›
We are in Texas! We got here four days ago and are making ourselves at home. Our stuff won’t get here for another month at least, so we’ve already made more shopping trips than I would have thought possible. We’re… Read more ›
This last Sunday, Bruce and I were asked to give talks during the main meeting at church. (In the LDS church we don’t have a paid ministry, so people from the membership of the church are asked to give a… Read more ›
Hi! We’re back in Japan. It’s raining and windy today, which is lovely because it’s been hot for the last few days. I love the rain. It’s not currently raining- we are in a lull- which is good because we… Read more ›
We took Mom and Dad to Rabbit and Get Fat, the bunny cafe in Omotesando. Everyone had a glorious time. A momma with her baby bunnies. The worker laid this tissue box on the flattened out bunny, it… Read more ›
It’s 11:28 am. It’s sunny and lovely outside, but not hot. The birds, who have been noising off like a Hitchcock movie all morning, have quieted down. A crow was being quite diligent about trying to get into our trash,… Read more ›
My sweet cousin visited Tokyo a few weeks ago and we were able to take her around a bit. First we went to a park in Hiroo. Obake (ghost) cigarette! Then we went into Harajuku to see the lovelies… Read more ›
Spring is here, which means flowers are here, which means I’m taking pictures. It also means that I’m moving pictures off my phone and finding all sorts of pictures I forgot were there. And so I post. These are not… Read more ›
I’ve needed this quote 3 or 4 times in the last week and couldn’t remember from what book it came. So I’m putting it here for those times when I need it. It is written not out of despair but… Read more ›
