HI, ladies!
Plum, I was really impressed by those English articles, beautifully composed by your enthusiastic pupils. Every issue was so interesting and attractive that I became feeling to write about each topic, but haven’t enough time to do it.
So, I’m going to tell you about the impression of Belgium.
First of all, I scarcely know any idea about Belgium except those matters like its delicious chocolate and waffles. Northern European nations generally have less sunlight and mild climate, so it may be important for the people living in those regions to manage to live peacefully throughout longer winter.
Next, I also hardly realized the history of the country, as she mentioned, as the heart of Europe. I’d like to learn its role in the EU, because its current position has recently attracted world’s attention.
Finally, it’s wholly lovely to read her guidance about Belgium. Maybe she has for long loved the tiny but charming country, I suppose.
It’s time to the end. See you, good night!
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Hello, Cherry and my precious friends,
Peach, thank you for letting us know your current situation about your husband who is on medication. I admire your courage to post your message despite of your most sever and hard time you are experiencing. I’m relieved that you are working hard for both teaching at school and taking care of him. Please write to us sometimes when you feel refreshed and relaxed.
Plum, I enjoyed reading three stories written by your students with great admiration. They are all excellent and marvelous. Especially I took interests in Kiyo’s career. She really seems to be one of the most successful women in Japan.
Good-night, my friends.
Hi, ladies!!!
It’s Friday, October 9, 2009. It has been a bit cloudy in the day. I don’t know whether it is cold, chilly or warm, outside, because I have been inside the house all this time. Hope it will not get cold in the evening.
I don’t know whether I have posted a web article about Louisa Twining’s sister, Elizabeth Twining. According to the article, Elizabeth was older than Louisa and died earlier than Louisa. It seems that she was also devoted to philanthropy, and, perhaps, they might have worked together. (Of course, I am not so sure about this. This is just my guess.)
I found an interesting book written by Louisa called Recollections of Life and Work. Being the autobiography of Louisa Twining (1893), on the web. I ordered the book for Cosmos. I really hope it is useful to her. The price? Not so expensive. Only 2341 yen. But shipping costs 1296 yen. The book was sold at a second hand bookshop in the USA but it seems it will be sent from the UK. I got an impression that the world is getting smaller, isn’t it?
Have a delightful evening, my precious friends.
Thank you so much, Keiko and Cherry, for reading my students’ compositions.
I will post the article on Elizabeth Twining in the following box, just in case you might have some interest in it.
Elizabeth Twining
Born into the prestigious tea dynasty which still trades under the family name, Elizabeth Twining (1805-89) had the financial security to dedicate her life to philanthropic causes and her passion for botany and art. In two biographies published in 1893, her sister Louisa recounts that Elizabeth's artistic talent was evident from any early age. Elizabeth studied works displayed at London galleries and created minutely detailed copies to decorate her doll's houses. Her second love, for flowers, was nurtured by visits to the Royal Horticultural Society at Chiswick and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. The year 1849 saw the anticipated publication of Illustrations of the Natural Order of Plants. The original drawings of these outstanding botanical studies are now housed in the British Museum, a testament to their accuracy. Subsequent publications on botany include The Plant World (1866) and Lectures on Plants (1878).
Deeply pious, Elizabeth penned 14 books and pamphlets of religious essays, including Ten Years in a Ragged School (1857). Her compassion was deep, and like many wealthy Victorian ladies of the time, Elizabeth and Louisa were actively involved in caring for the underprivileged. A founder of the Bedford College for Girls, Elizabeth was also said to be the first to introduce mothers' meetings in London. In 1866 she moved to Dial House, the family home in Twickenham next to St Mary's Church. Here she continued her charity work, restoring the parish almshouse and establishing the St John's Hospital. After her death she left Dial House to the parish to be used as a vicarage.
Hello Cherry and my precious friends,
Alice, I heard that some areas in Toyohashi had serious damages from a flood and a blackout because of the typhoon no.18. Is everything O.K. in your neighborhood?
Plum, thank you for showing us your students’ excellent writings. I was very impressed by their skills and contents and enjoyed reading them.
U. S. President Barack Obama has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. According to the Nobel committee, his great efforts of speeches gave hopes to many people around the world and encouraged them. It is surely wonderful news but quite surprising news.
It is true that his speeches about the world peace without nuclear weapons and the reduction of emission of greenhouse gases were outstanding and excellent. He is a sincere and decent man. People are expecting the better world for the future through his speech.
But, wait a minute. He hasn’t achieved anything yet and there is no concrete result. I’m thinking of the true meaning of the Nobel Peace Prize. I believe President Obama himself may be very humble to be given this prize.
Have a nice dream, my precious friends.
Hello Cherry and my precious friends,
Alice, I heard that some areas in Toyohashi had serious damages from a flood and a blackout because of the typhoon no.18. Is everything O.K. in your neighborhood?
Plum, thank you for showing us your students’ excellent writings. I was very impressed by their skills and contents and enjoyed reading them.
U. S. President Barack Obama has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. According to the Nobel committee, his great efforts of speeches gave hopes to many people around the world and encouraged them. It is surely wonderful news but quite surprising news.
It is true that his speeches about the world peace without nuclear weapons and the reduction of emission of greenhouse gases were outstanding and excellent. He is a sincere and decent man. People are expecting the better world for the future through his speech.
But, wait a minute. He hasn’t achieved anything yet and there is no concrete result. I’m thinking of the true meaning of the Nobel Peace Prize. I believe President Obama himself may be very humble to be given this prize.
Have a nice dream, my precious friends.
Dear Cherry and friends,
Hello. How are you?
Although I told you that I was going to write about Locke's influence on Western society, I would like to post some comments on what you have written here lately.
Rose, thank you for asking me about the typhoon. We are ok. Blackout lasted only for a few hours in my area. The typhoon rubbed our cars with salt, but we had them washed today. We found some signboards we made had fallen, but none of them caused big problems.
Plum, I read the three articles written by your students. I was impressed with their skill to describe their lives and feelings. Their writing is very rich in expressions. And thank you for giving us information about Elizabeth Twining. I didn't know both Elizabeth and Louisa are from the Twinings.
Sunflower, what happened to your username? Did you try accessing the Dashboard? You can change your Display name by choosing "Edit Profile" from the Dashboard. Hope it will work.
Peach, thank you for sharing your feelings with us. It is difficult for me to find any words to encourage you, but I am always here to hear you. Please take good care of yourself.
Talk to you later.
Hello, Cherry and my precious friends,
Alice, it would be very very helpful if you could show me how to access ‘dashboard'.
It sounds very stupid, and it may be unimaginable for you but I have no idea how to reach dashboard and find the “edit profile”.
Thank you, Alice.
Hello, Cherry and my precious friends.
Alice, thank you for your kind guidance to help me access dashboard. I can finally change my name.
Today I read a short article written by Minae Mizumura,the author of ‘Nihongo ga horobiru’. It says that people who don’t have the excellent ability to write and read Japanese cannot express their ideas in English at all. Japanese is the basic of learning English.
I’d like to read her book because its title is shocking.
Have a good night sleep, my friends.
Hi, ladies!!!
It’s Sunday, October 18, 2009.
Are you having a good time?
Here is a new quiz for you and me.
It’s so easy. Try this, please.
Drug trafficking grannies
Summary
1 June 2009
Police in Chile have arrested two women, aged 72 and 80, after finding a stash of cocaine and cash in their house. It's thought that the women have been operating a drug-trafficking ring in the area for years.
Reporter: Gideon Long in Santiago
Report
Police raided (1) house during (2) night and found two kilos of cocaine and around 65,000 dollars in cash. They arrested 80-year-old Maria Valdebenito and 72-year-old Giselle Gilbert and charged them with (3) drug trafficking offences.
Mrs Valdebenito is bedridden. (4) prosecutors say she received (5) drugs from her contacts and passed them to her younger and more agile accomplice to sell. (6) house that (7) women used as their base is just a few metres from Chile's biggest police academy.
(8) prosecutors say (9) women should be taken into (10) preventative custody while their case is considered. But, because of their frail state of health, they might be placed under house arrest instead.
Gideon Long, BBC News, Santiago
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Hi, Cherry and friends:
It's Oct. 18 today, but I wrote following lines Oct. 13. Well, well......
The other day, Plum told me to write the blog more frequently and not to spend over 30 minutes for the writing. I know she is right, though it would be a problem because I’m not a fast writer.
By the way, I think that the typhoon no. 18 hit Okazaki directly. I felt the eye of the typhoon around 5:30 a.m. on October 8; the gale ceased for a while, then the stormy wind changed its direction. Fortunately, my house resisted the storm well other than the washing room that was drenched with the rain blowing into through the ventilating opening where the ventilator fan was set. We, my children and I, made a fuss to cover the opening with a vinyl sheet.
Next morning, I should clear blown off and piled persimmon leaves in the gutter in front of the house. Following weekend enjoyed fair and crisp weather. Although I should have worked on my reading task, I went shopping with my husband and daughter to Nōyūkan where fruit, vegetables, flowers, fertilizer, and other agricultural materials were sold. My daughter and I were busy with planting several flower seedlings during the rest of the morning. Pansies, pinks, mini-cyclamens and miniature cactuses made the garden cheerful. Well, thirty minutes have passed. May be I should stop writing now.
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