Monday night's weather forecast for the rest of the week predicted sunny on Tuesday and rain to follow. So we decided to use Tuesday to take a ride on a ship on Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake, often compared to Lake Michigan, for example, or one of our Great Lakes ( Read more... )

Once my pain was correctly diagnosed, the new treatment is working better. It was tough going for four weeks, but things are looking up from here ( Read more... )

Saturday we had reserved to go to another town that has a garden/hardware (Lowe's type) store. A friend had requested a rain chain, so we went to look for one. We found one and got it. I was afraid it would be too heavy to carry, but it's actually made of a type of plastic, so it's very light. While there, I checked out air conditioners, ( Read more... )