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Sun-Tues. Aug 21-23 (Isawa fireworks, 1st long day at...

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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...

 
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Phone non-Service

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...

 
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A Lovely Sabbath Afternoon

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...

 
harp

Camping at Lake Motosuko and my second encounter with the...

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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...

 
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Local Warming

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...

 
harp

R-F August 18-19 (more seminar, debating Iraq!, more...

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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....

 
harp

M-W August 15-17 (English conference, jamming with Kasia,...

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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...

 
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The Dangers of Epidurals, and the Surprising Problem with...

I've noted before some of the problems with epidural pain relief during childbirth, and my latest reading, Lise Eliot's What's Going...

 
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Brief Earthquake News

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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!

 
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Nobody's Fool

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...

 
harp

August 13-14 (yakitori, cooking, getting dressed up in a...

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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...

 
harp

Friday, August 12, 2005

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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...

 
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Why Smiles in Posed Pictures Often Seem Fake

I'm reading an extraordinarily important and fascinating book: What's Going on in There: How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First...

 
harp

Local Orientation: Thursday, August 11th 2005

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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...

 
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Not a Coincidence

There's purpose and meaning in all aspects of our lives, even the seemingly random incidents. We don't often have the privilege of...

 
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Stargirl

Stargirl , by Jerry Spinelli (Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2000) My nephew is going into seventh grade, and this was part of his...

 
harp

August 8 (school, music boxes by the lake, getting a cell...

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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.  ...

 
harp

August 6 and 7 (Fireworks festival, Japanese movie...

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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...

 
harp

August 5th

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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...

 
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Born to Teach

Janet is currently in Japan, preparing to teach English. Perusing an old diary today, I discovered an inclination toward that...

 
harp

Internet in Haitsu Saito!

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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...

 
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Fun with Aunt Janet

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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...

 
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July 31, continued

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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...

 
harp

July 31

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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...

 
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Hot?

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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...