Monthly Archives: September 2019

I made my homemade miso again. Today I used a chickpea. I never made miso from chickpea. It is my first trial. The other day my friend gave me her homemade miso. She has made three different flavored miso; mugi miso (used barley koji), mame miso (used mame koji), and chickpea miso. I liked themContinue reading “Homemade Miso second year – chickpea 9/10/2019”

I woke up at 3:30 am and left for the airport at 4 am to give my husband a ride to the airport. I started enjoying the night drive. Because I can manipulate my prayer instantly. I always ask my family spirits and angels to send a freeway angel before my car. My request goesContinue reading “Driving at night 9/9/2019”

I made my homemade miso from soy beans. This is my second year for making homemade miso. My first one turned out very good. My family and I love it, but unfortunately it is almost out. It will last for another one more month. For several months until my second batch is well fermented, weContinue reading “Homemade Miso second year – Soy beans 9/8/2019”

Right before I fall asleep last night, I received a text message from my mom. As usual, I felt scared of opening her message. Nowadays her text messages are full of negative news. She decided not to have a chemotherapy treatment anymore. My dad was not happy for my mom’s decision. He keeps blaming myContinue reading “Just keep praying 9/7/2019”

I had a parent conference for my daughter. In my daughter’s school, a new teacher is assigned every year. I enjoy getting to know about the new teacher during our parent conference, especially for the first one in September. I have heard lots of good things about her new teacher from my daughter along withContinue reading “Importance of communication 9/6/2019”

Back in last autumn, October of 2018, I made my homemade pickled plum. I cannot buy Japanese ume in my living area, so I used plum instead. My homemade pickled plum is a foreign countries’ version of umeboshi. I have checked the condition from time to time. I never saw any mold or anything badContinue reading “Taste of my homemade Nukaduke and umeboshi 9/5/2019”

While my friend was visiting us, I heard about our common acquaintances. I met my friend at the Lakota tour. I was there as an interpreter, and she was attending as a tour customer. I participated the tour three times. Twice in 2006 and once in 2007. Since my last tour, I haven’t contacted withContinue reading “Reconnecting with old friend 9/4/2019”

Last month I didn’t have my monthly period. It was supposed to come on August 14th. Today it finally came back with a 3-weeks delay. My first period came when I was 14 years old. Since then, I had my monthly period come regularly except for 3.5 years of my pregnancy and lactation. I kindContinue reading “Enjoying the transition 9/3/2019”

Today was a national holiday celebrating Labor Day. My family and I spent a day resting without doing anything specific. We are still feeling tired. Maybe it is from the long drive. Another reason is the elevation difference. We just came back from Navajoland where the elevation is 6,836 feet (2,084 meter). The place whereContinue reading “Dealing with drastic changes 9/2/2019”

My family and I woke up with a slightly sick feeling. Even though we kept the swamp cooler and the ceiling fan ON all night, we still felt hot inside the bedroom. We were planning to stay one more night in Navajoland, but thinking about the fact we are feeling sick, we wanted to goContinue reading “Back home 9/1/2019”