La nouvelle maison de mes parents est dans la campagne et il y a beaucoup de animaux.  Il y a tous sorte de oiseux dans les arbres.  Notre bassin est une maison pour des poissons rouges et grenouilles.  Ce matin il y avait un lapin sur les marches de la maison.  Pendant que j’ai manger mon déjeuner un tamia m’a regarder à travers patio porte.  Un ( Read more... )

Yeah, so today is my day off, therefore no new costume.  I do have a couple of pictures from yesterday that I didn't post that I thought I'd share.

First, my creative culinary efforts for today.  For breakfast I made mango, banana, bran pancakes.  Sounds strange but they were pretty good.

Now for dinner I'm making baked beans, but I don't own an ( Read more... )

I’ve been in Japan almost 5 years and haven’t had classes disrupted by a typhoon.  It’s happened.  ECC sent out an announcement.  All classes for all of Kinki district are canceled for tomorrow morning.  The whole district. The kid’s classes are canceled for the whole day.  Adult classes might run in the afternoon.  We’ll have to wait and see.  As ( Read more... )

It wasn’t the pitter-patter of raindrops on the roof that woke me at about 5am, it was a rare occurrence here; it was thunder. A storm! At 9, when I got out of bed, the storm was still- raging isn’t the right word- um; taking place I went to watch it ( Read more... )

Christmas is coming
I hope I don't get fat
It still looks like fall here
But there's nothing I can do about that

 I spent part of silver week with naye.  Went to Ama no hashitate, looked at spit of land upside down through my legs.  It really does look like it's a bridge to heaven.

While in Maizaru I found this strange boat all by its self.


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Sorry naye  that it has taken so long, but as promised here is the poem Shadow World that I was talking endlessly about in Hokkaido.

SHADOW WORLD

Between dusk and night

Between blindness and sight

That is the shadow world

The one dying its red blood flowing

The other strong full and white

As is in the shadow world

Sight blinds the ( Read more... )

Not sure how interested you guys are in poetry, but here it is.

Let the poet out

Let her roam free

To fly on the wind

And swim in the sea

Let her not be bound

Let the restraints fall

In passion for words

Her imagination stands tall

I will not be silent

Or bound by conventions

I will paint with words

And sing with my own ( Read more... )