Hi, everyone!
Peach, I was pleased to see you and hear your comment about a trip to Guam.
It's very exciting to do snorkeling, or go shopping with your family.
Do you like the southern lands?
I like their atomosphere of freedom, but I've never visited to Guam or Saipan, and so I envy you.
Plum, thanks to you, we have learned some feminist theory articles.
When I read them, I was always impressed by their passion and efforts.
I think I wish I had studied them earlier, such as in my school days.
But it's never too late, and it will be time to learn for me.
Today is the last day of my kids' long summer vacation, and they feel so gloomy now.
From tomorrow I'll get my free time. It's fantastic.
So, see you tomorrow, dear friends!
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Hello, everyone,
Yes, long summer vacatio is over. My son has a homework of homemaking. He has to choose either washing clothes or cooking two times and write a report. He told me today!
Patience is required in child rearing. I found something interesting in the dictionary. "Rear" has two different meanings;
Back, posterior and bringing up.
See you !
Hi, everyone.
I also want to go to Guam. I have never been there.
Peach, you really enjoyed a slow life surrounded by nature with your family , didn't you?
Since yesterday, I have done mowing with my husband. It was hard. However, this time there are harvests. They are red peppers and citrus 'Kabosu', a kind of Yuzu.
Today, saury was on the supper table. We used Kabosu at once. In Autumnal season, bountiful citrus including lemon, Yuzu, Kabosu and couch organge will yield in my yard this year. Would you come to my house to pick fruits in late October and November?
This year, I planted three sprouts of watermelon. We ate two watermelons, another one blasted, we missed the time we must harvest it. Now, I found one more watermelon but it's untimely, moreover its size is like a tennis ball. How cute it is! I don't know if it's eatable. Perhaps, untimely watermelon is white color if you cut it.
Hello, my friends.
This is the lastest and a detailed message from Jonathan about the session I talked you before.
The title of the session is "What is the Japanese “image” of Christianity?"
For a start, he asked those who wanted to join to answer the following questions (with or without source material):
SESSION 1 (of 2)
"HOMEWORK" :
1) What do you believe the Japanese image of Christianity is?
2) Keiko mentioned that "Christianity and Western learning played an important role in the modernization of Japan in the early Meiji era. Numerous Japanese women who had a high western education such as Tsuda Umeko, Ishii Fudeko, Yuasa Hatsu and Yamamuro Kieko were immensely influenced with the spirit of Christianity. They were all baptized and believed in God. Western learning through Christianity brought them to spearhead education for young women and to dedicate their lives to social welfares." Why do you think they chose Christianity?
3.) How is Christianity different from other world religions?
“SCHEDULING":
There are two options: they are Wednesdays (September 19 and 26) or Fridays (September 21 and 28).
We’d like to choose the date more people can attend.
So could you tell me which date is more convenient for you, Wednesday or Friday?
Actually, I would like to have on Fridays. Please let me know which days (Wednesday or Friday) are better for you as quickly as possible.
“Time” :
From 10:00 a.m.~
His school sometimes calls last-minute meetings. As long as we start at 10am or so, it should be no problem.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Keiko
I posted this message on NWSG web site.
Dear Azalea,
Today, I went to Tahara Library and found an interesting woman, Mary Anning, who reminded me of you.
Do you know her? If you don't, You might be interested in her.
She was one of the woman scientists in history.
Find details from here.↓
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/anning.html
Hello,friends. I was so exhausted today because I took an examination of GUIDE Test. As I could exempted from English test thanks to first grade certification of STEP TEST, I only took 3 subjects which are geography, history and common sense,but even so it took more than 3 hours. The geography test was very difficult. I'm sure I will fail in it. Though I am a ONSEN lover, I didn't know the names of 5 springs which are very minor ones I suppose. Of course I couldn't answer their characters, either. History test and common sense were rather easy, but I may have to take the guide TEST again next year.
I have to take a rest, so good night, dear friends.
Hi everyone!!!
I just laughed about your son’s story, Cherry. Surely everyone else did the same… Children are sometimes like that, aren’t they?
As I told you last night, I would like to talk about Gilman. She contended that the institution of marriage was problematic, but her contention indicates that being a wife was miserable and unfair and thus women should be liberated from the control of their husband.
But anyway, I would like you to read two writings about her, and please go to this site:
http://itech.fgcu.edu/faculty/wohlpart/alra/gilman.htm
The first one is an article:
The Changing Role of Womanhood: From True Woman to New Woman in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" -- by Deborah Thomas
You may find this essay extremely hard to understand and easily encourage yourself to discontinue reading it. But this is the typical, ordinary, quite normal writing style of feminist scholars in English speaking countries. So, please do not be intimidated by this writing. Please, please, please go into it and try to understand what the author is arguing about. Of course, you don’t have to agree with her, but just try to understand what she is trying to explain…
The second one is about her life and work. This is probably much easier to understand, because you have already read another article about her life and work.
"The Yellow Wallpaper": An Autobiography of Emotions by Charlotte Perkins Gilman --by Kelly Gilbert
This site carries the text of her representative short story, The Yellow Wallpaper. This is a short story and not so hard to read, but it may be impossible to read it within one day, although it is desired to do so. I know you are very busy, and I do not have any intention to impose this story on you, and so please read it just if you have time.
The text of "The Yellow Wallpaper" with links for primary symbols and images --by Viola Garcia
I hope you had a lovely Sunday today.
Goodnight, my dear friends. Have sweet dreams…
Dear Cherry and friends,
I grow petit-tomatoes, which is very convienient. No specail care is required. There is a Hana-momo (peach)tree in my garden. (Sunflower wrote about the peach tree in the blog, didn't she?). It bears some fruits this year. I don't think it is edible but it smells peach! If they are good, birds peck them. If they are left unpecked, they are not sweet. This summer I haven't watched more birds. Is it too hot for them?
Azalea, how nice your slow life is!
You grow so many kinds of vegetables and fruits! Your love for living things is so great.
I found a receip of boiled egg called Dinasours's egg. Its cracks are simmered with soy-sauce. It reminded me of Azelea's presentation in Aichi seminor.
Sunflower, as for the Johnnasan's session, I sent the message on the web. I'm very moved with your effors to reserch. I have so small knolege about Christianity. Though I graduated from Catholic school. I'm going to attend class reunion, when two sisters and ex-teachers are coming after ao many years of absence. Their lives are veiled for me. One thing I know is they devoted themselves in educating young girls. They are very pious.
Cherry wrote about terrible teachers before.
I think every teacher should understand how much infruence they have.
The Guide Test must be tough! You must have a very strong will! The applicant with Step 1 don't have to take English Test, do they?
See you
Hello, friends. Today I had a movie gathering at home. Some of the students of Bev sensei's movie class came to see the video'Mississipi MASALA' which Bev lent me on the last day of her movie class. We enjoyed it very much. It's an old movie and very young Denzel Wshington is a hero who played a role of Romeo and the heroine ,Juliet's part' is an Indian girl. So this is a story of tragic love because both parents were against the couple's love due to the race discrimination. I wonder why Indian people despised African people.
The story is complicated and had many problems to talk about.
The heroine, Mena was born as an Indian, but brought in Africa and from Uganda the family was forced to leave by the order of General Amin, then they moved to Mississippi and lived in Indian communities. But they are not satisfied with their situation because there is no homeland and identification.
So is the African American boy,Denzel and the couple fell in love with each other and escape from their world to seek more satisfactory one in spite of the family's opposition, where the movie ended. What's happening leaves to our imagination.
What do you think? Will the couple be happy?
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