Author Archives: threewisdom

I made my homemade mirin. This is my first time to try making it. The ingredients are as follows. – 500 grams of steamed mochigome (sweet rice) – 500 grams of dried komekouji (fermented rice) – 2% of salt – 960 ml of sky vodka. I mixed all the ingredients in a hot boiling waterContinue reading “Homemade Mirin 8/13/2019”

During the last weekend, I happened to swing by the local Asian market. I seldom go there. In fact the last time I went there was four to five years ago. The reason is simple. They don’t care for the expiration date of all their merchandise. I saw their items that had already expired fiveContinue reading “Sweet vegetable soup 8/12/2019”

I had a dream of my condominium in Japan. When I moved to America, my mom bought it from me. It now belongs to my mom. My parents never rented it out to anybody. It has been vacant for 11 years now. I have been asking my parents to sell it to somebody. In myContinue reading “My condominium 8/11/2019”

We had a rainy/cloudy morning. We were planning to go to lake to swim this morning, but because of the weather, we changed our plan into going to the indoor pool instead. When we arrived there, their spacious parking lot was almost full. We had a hard time to find a vacant spot. We enjoyedContinue reading “Indoor pool 8/10/2019”

My daughter is now the 4th grader. I still walk with her to the school bus stop. There are many other younger students who walk alone from their houses. There is one more grandfather who walk with his granddaughters to the bus stop. We are the only rare parents who walk with their children toContinue reading “Steps to the adulthood 8/9/2019”

I talked with my friend through Skype. It has been two months since I talked with her in person last time. We have been friends since we were small. Our mental distance is like an ocean wave. Sometimes we feel each other very close, while sometimes we feel each other very far. Right now isContinue reading “Feeling a gap 8/8/2019”

This morning my dad visited me in my dream. In my dream I received a phone call from my dad. He said my mom and he could not go to Republic of Turkey because I wrongly typed the code to enter. Also he said he could not find a cicada. After I woke up fromContinue reading “Thinking of my dad 8/7/2019”

I had my 9th treatment with my first acupuncturist. I had a treatment 7 times with my second acupuncturist. Before I left to the acupuncturist’s office, I made my mind not to tell my acupuncturist about my private life, especially about my Japanese family. Thus, when I entered her healing room, I sat down aContinue reading “My 16th Acupuncture treatment with tuina 8/6/2019”

It was the new school start day for my daughter. The bus was very late. It was supposed to come at 7:54 am, according to the time schedule. When it finally came, it was already past 8:15 am, which is the school start time. *** It has been two months and half since I hadContinue reading “New school year 8/5/2019”

When my friend came to visit us, she mentioned about two of our common acquaintances. Since I don’t get in touch with them, I didn’t know about their recent life. One is my boss at the Lakota tour. He is now 60 years old. The other one is the Lakota man who hosted the tour.Continue reading “Catching up in dream world 8/4/2019”