A good day
0We 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 ›
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 ›
It is 2:30 pm. I am drinking ginger ale that is so sharp it burns my throat. The girls are upstairs playing something. We just got  back from a walk that included the post office (mailing off a birthday package),… 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 ›
It’s 2:53 pm . It’s 64 degrees, and we’re all wearing long sleeves and socks. Â The girls are having a party upstairs, celebrating Tiny’s “tremendous courage”. They didn’t have an answer when I asked them what she had tremendous courage… 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 ›
A Farewell to Arms: The Hemingway Library Edition by Ernest Hemingway: I hadn’t read this before, though it went immediately on my list  when it was listed as the book that Hemingway wrote in every universe in the Steven King’s… Read more ›
It is 8:56 am. It’s raining outside, and 68 degrees. I am drinking Bengal Spice tea and wearing leggings under my dress. The girls are playing Lalaloopsies and hoping that this blog post takes me longer than 4 minutes so… Read more ›