Monthly Archives: February 2022

My late dad-in-law was in my dream. My family were there with me. We were in the mountain. My dad-in-law was riding a horseback. He was all smiling and having fun. He looked like a small child just enjoying the now moment. I enjoyed staying with him in dream this morning.

For the past three days, I have been suffering from shingles on my lower back and sciatica on my right leg. I don’t know which one came first or which one triggered the other. I could walk and run, but the pain have been there day and night. Here are the methods I took. TheContinue reading “Shingles and sciatica 2/7/2022”

We have two pigeons’ visit every day. They have their favorite spot where they always sit together for a long time. The area is above the laundry hanging station. I don’t like them poop around the hanging clothes area. I have tried some peaceful ways to discourage them to come back to the place butContinue reading “Pigeon vs me 2/6/2022”

I made homemade miso with my homemade kome koji that I recently made. I used the following ingredients. Homemade brown rice koji 600 gram Soy beans of 600 gram Sea salt 300 gram I soaked soy beans for 24 hours and steamed it for 50 minutes. I mixed brown rice koji and sea salt andContinue reading “Homemade miso 2/5/2022”

It was the last day of air show. Their air show had lasted for two weeks. I know some people enjoyed watching the practice and how. The sound was really loud. I personally didn’t enjoy the airplane’s loud noise everyday for two weeks. I am happy that their show is done today. My friend toldContinue reading “Last day of air show 2/4/2022”

It is Day-3 of my homemade koji. In the morning when I woke up I noticed the smell of natto. My husband and daughter noticed the natto smell too. I remember my mistake that I made yesterday. Yesterday I ate natto for lunch. I opened natto box right next to the bread maker and mixedContinue reading “Homemade koji Day-3 2/3/2022”

It is Day-2 of my homemade koji. In the morning I took out rice from the bread maker and checked the temperature. It was 45 Centigrade that was within the good temperature range. The rice was slightly covered by white and smelled good. I will keep it for another 24 hours and let it keepContinue reading “Homemade koji Day-2 2/2/2022”

Last year, due to the pandemic, I was not able to buy any kome-koji from Japan. Without koji, I could not make homemade miso. I still have some homemade miso that was made in 2020. It will stay for another three months or so. I really wanted to make homemade miso. Today I had engagedContinue reading “Homemade koji Day-1 2/1/2022”