春雨逍遙

in idleness

Entries from 2021-07-01 to 1 month

me and miss Hanff

There is a book on my bed side, here it is : 'Q's legacy' by Helene Hanff, Yes, I've been all possessed by her hilarious spirit, keep reading her books.It was since I happened to find the movie of '84, charing cross road' on Netflix. It wa…

what I did for a second chance

I made follow-ups of 3 expired cards I sent on April to May, which means I arranged postcards again. I know it is not necessary though. It may be a slight exaggeration but I believe we all deserve to a second chance. Now I remember Kathy f…

a grab bag in mid-summer

I had hectic June and July, finally I went to my hairdresser's to fix my messy hair and just dropped by the museum on my way home to get some postcards.Museum shop was also on summer sale, I would never supposed museums gave us any discoun…

opportunity only knocks once? please give us several times!

My friend's daughter in Tokyo is now taking part in Tokyo2020 as an interpreter volunteer. She is a freshman of university from April, which means if the Olympics would have placed in 2020 on schedule, she could never participate in. Don't…

Kimono Project

I hope you to enjoy those Japanese traditional dresses 'Kimono' with motifs of countries around the world. Project team also interviewed the embassies of each country for the patterns. I heard they were intended to be used in the opening c…

galloped through 3 of 4 days

I'd be a wet blanket, I thought I didn't care about the Olympics at all!! But I have to confess that I'm actually curious enough to have the opening ceremony recorded last night and looking forward to equestrianism which always reminds me …

let's talk about a current event

Maybe there is someone is curious about the vaccination in another country (I AM!) so I'm writing this post.Since the middle of June, people in Japan who want to get the corona vaccination will get shots with no conditions and the governme…

to use sometime

My friend asked me whether I read in English or Japanese, I thought it would be interesting to write on this blog.I'm a print junky love reading anything, for example, notes on a product, anything will do. I'm in Japan and Japanese is all …

on our way to

'84, Charing Cross Road' is my favorite book, and I finally got a copy of 'The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street' which is the sequel to '84,~.' I'd like to share my favorite passage from the book."People oughtn't to breeze into your life and o…

Postcrossing July Writing Prompt: What would you like to become an expert in?

'I could just go to sleep and wake up the next day an expert in (???)' well, it would be 'dancing' to me! I'm not a minimalist, but I'm always hoping to have less. If I were an expert in dancing, I would have only to carry myself everywher…

it gets dull

What do you think of standardization of the city? I think it is flat. My homecity is one of the government‐ordinance‐designated city with rich nature and history. We are proud of and cherishing our symbol architecture: a castle which was b…

the festival is coming

We are going to have 'Tokyo2020' soon. I suppose there is no rising of enthusiasm at all, at least around myself. I hope it end safely:( Keep up our spirits!the Olympics : 23 July-8 August, 2021the Paralympics : 24 August-5 September, 2021