GRAVITY
November 20, 2023 (Caveat: I don’t pretend to be any kind if expert on physics, theoretical or otherwise. The ideas in this blog arise...
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Rebecca Otowa
- Oct 27
- 5 min
I’m Going to Give you a Damn Good Thrashing
Recently I read an interesting excerpt from Joseph Campbell’s The Power of Myth. Basically, he said that when you get older, your body...
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Rebecca Otowa
- Oct 2
- 5 min
THE ARMCHAIR TRAVELER
My second son’s first word, as a toddler, was “go”. He used to run to my car, pull on the door handle, and say “Go! Go!” He is now almost...
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Rebecca Otowa
- Aug 25
- 5 min
GOODBYE TO SUMMER
(Grossness alert: Since this post is largely about what a rural middle-aged female feels in summer, there will be a bit of grossness here...
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Rebecca Otowa
- Jul 25
- 4 min
THE BELOVED VOICE
(The accompanying photo shows part of a picture I made several years ago depicting the notes of my wind chimes.) Recently I went away for...
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Rebecca Otowa
- Jul 3
- 4 min
BEING SORRY
Hello, everyone, and apologies for being late to wish everyone a happy Solstice. This year I was in Australia for the winter solstice. In...
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Rebecca Otowa
- May 14
- 4 min
IN PRAISE OF STONES
Recently I had a chance to read an interesting essay entitled “The Stones of Kyoto”. Okay, I thought, this will be about famous stones in...
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Rebecca Otowa
- Apr 25
- 4 min
JUST DON’T LISTEN TO IT
(The photograph shows a hall in a Japanese railway station.) When I was living in Australia with my family in the 70s, we lived in a...
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Rebecca Otowa
- Mar 21
- 5 min
I AM NON-BINARY
(I’d like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy Equinox. The subject of this blog may in some way be linked to this period in...
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Rebecca Otowa
- Feb 9
- 5 min
WE AND THEY
Recently my husband and I have been watching “The Crown” on Netflix。As anyone who has followed the history of Britain in the 20th and...
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Rebecca Otowa
- Jan 24
- 5 min
THINGS I NO LONGER DO
Recently I have been writing about my early married life in this house, and the differences from the life I now live. I think every woman...
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Rebecca Otowa
- Jan 9
- 5 min
DO THE JAPANESE APOLOGIZE “TOO MUCH”?
I recently saw an article on this on the Internet, and in preparation for this blog I googled the following Japanese words out of...
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Rebecca Otowa
- Dec 22, 2022
- 5 min
TO BEAR OR NOT TO BEAR – A Solstice Meditation
How is everyone at the winter solstice? My husband and I no longer “do” Christmas as in past years – without kids, Christmas seems empty....
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Rebecca Otowa
- Nov 24, 2022
- 5 min
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST
November 22, 2022 I am reminded that today is ii fufu no hi (Good Spouses’ Day), a pun on the numbers 11.22. I am also reminded that next...
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Rebecca Otowa
- Oct 20, 2022
- 5 min
FOR MY HANDS
October 18 2022 Today is my 41st wedding anniversary. Those numbers do mount up. Who knows where, when and how we will be celebrating our...
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Rebecca Otowa
- Sep 24, 2022
- 4 min
LISTENING TO THE OBJECTS
The Autumn equinox is upon us, complete with one typhoon after another and increasing chill, especially at night. Soon it will be...
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Rebecca Otowa
- Sep 11, 2022
- 4 min
I LOST TWO MOTHERS
On September 9, I got up early. To be honest, I had been awake since midnight, as usually happens when I have something to do very early...
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Rebecca Otowa
- Aug 18, 2022
- 5 min
FORGETFUL JONES
In the old Sesame Street cast of characters there was a cowboyish guy called Forgetful Jones, who was, you guessed it, forgetful. These...
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Rebecca Otowa
- Jul 29, 2022
- 5 min
WHAT DOES IT MATTER?
(I must add a caveat to this blog – some of the conclusions I have reached may be other than what you yourself think or feel. These are...
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Rebecca Otowa
- Jun 28, 2022
- 5 min
OUR BRAINS ARE BETTER
Happy Solstice, everyone! We in the Northern Hemisphere are now at the top of the Ferris wheel of the y ear. Midsummer… everything is...
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