Hi, friends!
Azalea, thank you for showing the interesting information about Ieyasu Tokugawa. You really know a lot of inside stories, don’t you?
Gloriosa, I was very happy to see you and hear your opinion about the Victorian era the other day. I’m looking forward to learn more next time with you.
Last night, I was impressed by an amazing comic book about the Meiji era. That title is Bocchan no jidai. When I was serching some information about Suga Kanno, I found it on the Net and borrowed it from the library. At first I was just planning to look over them (two books out of five), but they were so attractive, exciting stories that I finally read them all. The authors intend to depict the end of the Meiji era with the history of Soseki Natsume. Other novelists such as Ogai and Takuboku are also important characters. Takuboku was very interested in Kanno's life. I was also moved by the story about her. Everything on it isn’t true, of course, but I could grab the atmosphere of the period.
Thank you for reading. See you later, good bye!
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Hi, ladies!!!
How are you?
It’s Thursday, May 8, 2008, today, and it has been a pleasant day, hasn’t it? Very mild weather, which I love so much.
I was extremely impressed with your fascinating poem, Gloriosa. It is a beautiful piece of creating writing, isn’t it? I especially love the last two lines.
No, the passion was tamed while my sojourn in an erudite world
Where my spirit was exalted yet my vitality was consumed.
You have to make a brand-new start, don’t you, Gloriosa?
Yesterday, I went to a department store to get a wedding present for Champagne. Actually, the other day, one of my university colleagues and I met and talked about her wedding, and then we decided to give her a present as our token of celebration. My colleague went there before me, since she had just one class to teach while I had two, and she had already looked around and, probably, decided on our present. When I got there, she just led me to a certain shop and we got our present for her.
Then, we had tea and talked about various topics, including her work condition as a non-Japanese. It seems tremendously difficult for her, who is a Taiwanese, to understand Japanese culture including ceremonial and even everyday custom despite her over ten-year stay in Japan. Also, medical service and consultation are hard for foreigners, due to lack of information as well as language barrier. (Making discussions with Japanese doctors using medical terminology requires a special linguistic skill, it appears. In order to get that skill, a special training of the Japanese language is necessary, of course.)
I have worked all day today at home, and I am a bit tired. I think I need a good rest tonight. So, I will have an early night. Good evening to you, my dear friends. See you tomorrow…
Hi,flowers!
It isMay 8th, 7:20 p.m. I think Gloriosa's poem reaches the bottom of our heart. It sounds very still, but it sure reflects the vitality of the greenery. I always love poetry, and I do love yours, Glorisa. There are a few unknown words, though. I cannot find the word nitch in my dictionary. I guess a nitch is a kind of small space engraved on the wall like I have requested the designer of my house. I always put something beautiful in the nitch and am satisfied with that.
Hi, peer leaners,
Thank you for posting comments on my murmuring. I found a mis-spelling; "nitch" must be "niche." I'm sorry.
Plum, I was excited to know that you generously gave the writing higher evaluation than I thought. And, yes, with that rationalization, I tried to persuade myself to make a brand-new start.
By the way, "peer" has another meaning: a member of the nobility in Britain or Ireland, comprising the ranks of duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. It's interesting, isn't it?
Good night for now, ladies.
Tomorrow is another day!
Hi, ladies?
How did you spend your time today?
It has been a good day to you? I had a lot of hectic time, and I am a bit tired.
Why? I was looking for something that I could not find where I believed I had put it yesterday. I spent a lot of time, turning over papers here and there, one after another, searching for that document, but I could not get it, no matter how long I tried to find it. Then, I almost gave up what I was doing, toward the end of this afternoon, and I looked down, aimlessly, at one of the desk drawers, and there it was. Whew, whew, whew… Of course, I was relieved, but all my energy had drained away by that time. Quite a bit tired, really…lost and found.
I read something about Shibusawa Eiichi, whose name I often came across in books on Hannah Riddell, since she asked him for making a donation to her hospital for Hansen disease patients quite a few times, and he did it quite generously.
He got married twice, since his first wife, who was his cousin, died. But he seems to have more than 20 children, some by his wives, probably, and some more by others. This type of story is not rare, but nonetheless it sounds very strange and non-sensible when I heard that he was given a very important and responsible position at Tokyo Yoikuin, which was a public facility for the poor and sick as well as orphans. Contradiction, isn’t it? (He was not a Christian but gave a BIG donation to the Salvation Army, probably not just once but more than that. Interesting, isn’t it?)
I hope all of you are having a brilliant time today, my lovely friends. I think I have to cook dinner now, since my husband is coming home soon. Bye for now…
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