Mark and I were dead tired when we met Niko at the library to go to the Isawa fireworks festival, but I was impressed with how well we...
This has been going on long enough I'd better post a notice here: our phones have been out since some time after 3:30 p.m. today. This...
After lunch we used our United Arts two-for-one card to visit the Orlando Museum of Art and their new M. C. Escher exhibit. I’ve...
I get all discombobulated when I spend a night away from home, so I hope I’m starting where I left off. The Lake Motosu ko...
It hasn't been this hot in Orlando since 1950. Today's high was 97 degrees, officially, though when we were out in the car its...
I guess it wasn’t a very exciting past two days, but I’m posting now because it might be another few days before I can post again....
I have not been able to post on the blog for a while since I have had a wonderful guest at my apartment all week. That plus the...
I've noted before some of the problems with epidural pain relief during childbirth, and my latest reading, Lise Eliot's What's Going...
I'll let Janet fill in the details about the earthquake in Japan , but I know you are waiting to hear that she is all right. She is!
Nobody's Fool , by Richard Russo (Random House, New York, 1993) I can't say as I recommend Nobody's Fool , since it's the...
Saturday I woke to the phone at 10:30am. It must have been a wrong number, because I got an earful of Japanese. I managed to...
Today wasn’t nearly as exciting as the previous days so I had a bit of time to catch my breath. I’m not going to bed as early...
I'm reading an extraordinarily important and fascinating book: What's Going on in There: How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First...
Before I launch into boring details, I thought I'd mention what I wonderful time I had at orientation. To find out, skip over the days...
There's purpose and meaning in all aspects of our lives, even the seemingly random incidents. We don't often have the privilege of...
Stargirl , by Jerry Spinelli (Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2000) My nephew is going into seventh grade, and this was part of his...
It is nearly midnight and I should go to bed, but I must right about today now or it won’t get done before local orientation. ...
Time, she's still flying! I'm quite enjoying myself still and am looking forward to starting work. Saturday I did some housework in the...
Friday I spent the day cleaning up, doing laundry (which is very stiff now because we had no breeze), and other such things. There's...
Janet is currently in Japan, preparing to teach English. Perusing an old diary today, I discovered an inclination toward that...
Well, the day everyone has been waiting for has arrived. I am sitting in my living room (in a tank top and shorts due to the unbearable...
This post from Daley Ponderings is so cool I have to repost it here, since I know Janet's Internet time is very limited right now and...
Janet had trouble with the blog, so I'm posting the conclusion to July 31 for her. By the way, I (the webmaster) apologize for the...
Hi all! Sorry it's taken so long to get to a computer again. I am currently using the computer in the library, so at least I know it...
The mercury rose to as high as 35.6 C in Otemachi, central Tokyo. It marked 37.3 C in Minobu, Yamanashi Prefecture, 36.4 C in Kofu...