Spring is here!
0Yesterday we went to Yoyogi Koen to meet up with friends, and it was the most beautiful day. It’s like Tokyo decided (like the rest of us) that it was tired of being cold and decided to be warm, RIGHT… Read more ›
Yesterday we went to Yoyogi Koen to meet up with friends, and it was the most beautiful day. It’s like Tokyo decided (like the rest of us) that it was tired of being cold and decided to be warm, RIGHT… Read more ›
I was going to post pictures of the flowers I saw yesterday- spring is blooming and it’s beautiful. But as I was going through the pictures to post, I ran across these, and decided to post them instead. It’s crazy… Read more ›
It looks like I read almost nothing this week, but I’ve just been very dilettantish about my reading. After I finished the only book I actually finished this week, I bounced around through about 5 others, finishing none of them.… Read more ›
Today we explored Shimo Kitazawa, a little area a bit northwest ( I think?) of Shibuya, where Bruce works. Â It’s an awesome neighborhood, filled with little stores and restaurants. The girls got tired of exploring before B and I did,… Read more ›
These are the books I read this week. After finishing The Golem and the Jinni, I had to go with non-fiction to get my head back to reality before I jumped into another fictional world. Art & Fear: Observations on… Read more ›
Today we went into Jiyogaoka to do some grocery shopping, and Tiny asked if we could take Z to a temple that she and I had visited. So we took a little walk. Once there, I found a little fellow… Read more ›
These are the books I read this week. It’s funny, it seemed like I hadn’t read a lot this week, but when I looked at the numbers, it was my second highest of the year for pages read.… Read more ›
I didn’t read a ton again this week. I reread The Book Thief for bookclub, and it broke my heart all over again. It’s such a beautiful book. It’s set in Germany during World War 2 and narrated by Death. With… Read more ›
I did not read a lot this week. I did a lot of sewing, and a lot of editing, but not a lot of reading. So here we are. Angry Conversations with God: A Snarky but Authentic Spiritual Memoir by Susan… Read more ›
I think the inclusion of Young and Beautiful by Lana Del Rey in the The Great Gatsby movie was one of the best choices Baz Luhrmann made on the whole film. The song itself is haunting and gorgeous, but as… Read more ›