on the edge of ordinary

On Monday I went to a one-day Kanto Plains OMF ladies retreat. It was a lovely day! We not only got to catch up with one another, but we hea...

I've been reading funny stories to the boys out of a book written nearly 40 years ago. The book's called "Japan: It's not a...

It's one week into my birthday month. It was my actually birthday last week so I had some interesting days. My Kindle, with it's...

Yesterday we went to our 13 y.o. son's second track meet for the season. It again evoked many feelings for me. Track and field is the ...

Thanks for all who had a go at guessing the answer to  Japan Photo #31 . Two people got very close, but my son's answer is just a litt...

Not only do I live with a measure of cultural, linguistic, and seasonal confusion. Our lives are plagued with date confusion. Australians ...

Here is another photo my eldest son took during his Kyoto/Nara trip, for the express purpose of my posting it here.  Can you guess what...