Mt. Mitake
0At the beginning of May, during Golden week (a week full of holidays), we took the train about 2 hours away to climb Mt. Mitake. The countryside is so beautiful. My picture loader put all the pictures in backwards,… Read more ›
Daibutsu in Ushiku
0Back at the end of April we traveled about two hours out of Tokyo for a surprise. No one but B knew where we were going, and my goodness, was it a glorious one. We went to the tallest Buddha… Read more ›
Books I read this week: May week 3
2Back in the early years of this blog, I took a year and looked for connections between the books that I read, while not picking out obviously connected books to read. It was fun. Anyway, I feel like that has… Read more ›
Books I read this week: May week 2
0Here’s what I read this week. Apparently I’m on a non-fiction roll. To Marry an English Lord by Gail MacColl and Carol McD. Wallace is one of the most enlightening books I’ve read in a long time. It’s about American heiresses… Read more ›
School for next year: Planning edition
1Brandy asked for a post about our plans for school next year, and what Brandy asks for, she gets. 🙂 Of course I’m already waist deep in planning because a, that’s what I do to keep my sanity, and b,… Read more ›
Books I read this week: May week 1
0Dark Rooms by Lili Anolik was compared to Sharp Objects, The Secret History, and Special Topics in Calamity Physics, which made it a must read for me. However, unlike The Rabbit Back Literature Society (see the last post), those descriptions weren’t accurate… Read more ›
Books I read this week: April weeks 3 and 4
0These two weeks held a run of seriously downer books. They were good, and I kind of ran with a theme, but you’ll see what I mean. The Empathy Exams: Essays by Leslie Jamison was on the top of all of… Read more ›
Butterflies and girls
0We went to Tamagawa Park today. Z is carrying her lunch in her bag, Tiny is carrying her stuffed Pooh Bear. There were tons of these black and red butterflies around. Sometimes you need a sister’s help … Read more ›
Photos from Odaiba
0We took my parents to Odaiba to gorge ourselves on pancakes and whipped cream. We succeeded in that, and also saw some other stuff. This is my favorite building. It’s from the future. The Rainbow Bridge, seen in such… Read more ›
Fiddy billion pictures of cherry blossoms.
2Just for you. At Shinjuku Gyoen. This woman was setting up to take pictures of her doll amongst the blossoms. Apparently Tiny’s shirt choice was on trend. So many people come out for hanami. (Hanami= cherry blossom… Read more ›