As the seasons flow by, only your presence is lacking ( Read more... )

by Spitz ( Read more... )

A long ending to a long week ( Read more... )

Izanagi and Izanami, the two pillar-like gods chosen by the other descended from heaven via the rainbow like Ameuki Bridge and stood there studying the distant lower world ( Read more... )

The beginning of the world ( Read more... )

So, I kind of expected I was going to get sick. My girlfriend having had a minor and obnoxious cold going on. Of the just minor enough to not cancel weekend plans and then sort of wish you had variety ( Read more... )

A new month and a new attempt at pushing my Japanese along. Daily effort is what is called for. Thus I shall begin by posting a fresh translation of one of my Japanese books as often as I may ( Read more... )

-Shower
-Borrow vegetable oil
-Prepare crust
-Cook cake and brownies
-Clean kitchen/secondary living room
-Arrange furniture
-Prepare pizza topings
-Arrange snack foods
-Cook pizzases
-Teach Japanese friends how to play mafia
-Watch Tampopo
-Profit

As nice as my place is there are things that could be nicer. This evening's project-of-the-moment more or less fixed one of my disastrously awful kitchen cabinets ( Read more... )

   My home in the country had been uninhabited for a solid month and it was with some amount of trepidation that I crossed the threshold. The cockroach I dispatched without excitement. The unusual white mold on all my dishes was strange. The fly larvae growing in my toilet water... disgusting. But it was when I entered the bath that fear found me ( Read more... )