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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I WISH YOU PEACE

I wish you peace, when the cold winds blow Warmed by the fire’s glow I wish you comfort in the lonely time Arms to hold you when you ache...

LISTENING

(The picture accompanying this blog is of one of my vegetable “cages”. I cultivate vegetables inside a cage in order to discourage animal...

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