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Loss and Gain

I snapped this photo of Hubby and Squirrel this afternoon–aren’t they cute? I have noticed recently that Squirrel is losing a little bit of the baby look and starting to look a little more like a little girl. It is so sad, yet so fun!To close out this post today, I would like to share […]

Does your white page cause you anguish?

I have what the French would call “l’angoisse de la page blanche”. Translation: Anguish of the white page, aka, “Writer’s Block”. (I have no clue how to say that in Japanese! Can anyone tell me?) I guess it serves me right for bragging about how I had made it past the half-way mark for NaBloPoMo. […]

Ouch.

Next time that I have to convince myself to lug a 20 lb. (9 kg.) Squirrel sitting in her stroller, along with her very full diaper bag up 7 flights of stairs, I’m going to be hard pressed to find the strength within myself to win that battle. *If you have no clue what I’m […]

This post is brought to you by the letter "E". Can you guess why?

This morning I went with some friends out to an area of Tokyo called Asakusabashi. This area is known for stores selling Japanese dolls, and the supplies to make them, and washi paper (a special type of paper made in Japan). We went to look at a specific type of doll craft called Kimekomi where […]

Wordless Wednesday (well, except for this title)

A Day of Indulgence

I’m blaming it all on Fuji-san. I woke up this morning and it was a Fuji Day AGAIN! I started out my day feeling so spoiled, that I guess it just spilled over into the rest of my day. For lunch I treated myself to oden (おでん) from the Sunkus around the corner (a convenience […]

Wearing a sauna suit in bed?

We had a good storm come through last night that blew all the gunk out of the air leaving us with a Fuji Day today! Squirrel and I took advantage of the sunshine and drove out to Costco in search of items like diapers, formula, contact solution, and cheese. After we got back we took […]

In Memory

Today is a day known as Remembrance Day, Poppy Day, or Armistice Day, depending on which country you live in. Although I am not from any of the countries which observes this day (though we do observe Veteran’s Day in the US on November 11), I think the tradition is beautiful. It is a day […]

Saturday so soon?

I can’t believe Saturday has already come and almost gone. Where did the rest of the week go? This afternoon Hubby, Squirrel, and I walked over to International School of the Sacred Heart, which is right next to our apartment complex to go to their annual Family Festival. We met up with some friends and […]

9 days and counting!

This morning I went to The Japan Folk Crafts Museum with Ms. M and Ms. N. I have been wanting to go here for a while, and so was happy when they agreed to go with me! The museum houses approximately 17,000 items made by anonymous craftspeople mainly from Japan, but also from China, Korea, […]

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