I have been busy, busy, busy, busy!  I have been trying to catch up with things around here and doing some massive cleaning after Christmas.  I love cleaning but I keep wondering where I get all the crap that suddenly piles up!  I am getting rid of many kimono and other things that I will not need in the new year ( Read more... )

    "A young widower, who loved his five year old son very much, was away on business when bandits came who burned down the whole village and took his son away. When the man returned, he saw the ruins and panicked. The took the burnt corpse of an infant to be his son and cried uncontrollably. He organized a cremation ceremony, collected the ashes ( Read more... )