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I had an interesting experience this morning. While I was driving a car, a car going before me suddenly exhausted white smoke. The smoke quickly formed a huge circle of blind spot that made the car totally invisible. I always maintain an enough safe following distance from the former car, so I didn’t get involvedContinue reading “A time machine 8/20/2019”

I purchased the audio data of the Kusuri-e author; Mr. Nobuhiro Maruyama. It was a 138-minutes voice recording of one of his seminars talking about his Kusuri-e. His lecture was inspiring. I liked him talked casually about the spirituality. I wish I could be there in person so that I could witness the participants gotContinue reading “Creating future 8/19/2019”

Recently I have been thinking about one specific friend. We became friends in 2016 and had a get-together several times. At our last get-together, she mentioned about her new job opportunity in Europe. Since then we haven’t seen each other. I sent a text message to her and she replied back to me right away.Continue reading “Getting rid of fear 8/18/2019”

I received a text message from my mom. Her message was messed up in the grammar and the spelling as usual. It actually got worse. I needed to use my imagination and guess on what she was trying to tell me. I don’t blame her. It was probably due to the side effect of theContinue reading “Stay strong 8/17/2019”

My daughter came back from school in a panicky mode. She was holding one paper in her hand. The paper was all wrinkled because she clutched it tightly in her hand. It was a letter from the school principal. He announced about their new decision. Due to the increased number of the students enrolled inContinue reading “Combination class again 8/16/2019”

I had two rattan baskets need to be completed. While my Japanese friends were visiting us, we made these together. They had been sitting on my computer room floor for a while. Today I finally completed one of the baskets. It turned out to be a rather big round basket. It will be good toContinue reading “Hand woven basket 8/15/2019”

I woke up with a dull headache this morning. I forced myself to get out from bed. I somewhat managed to prepare breakfast for my family. I also ate some rice soup that was easy to digest. After my daughter left for school I took one hour nap. After the nap, I still felt tiredContinue reading “Under the weather 8/14/2019”

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”