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Venue #1 of “The Debauchery Tour 2019” Paris
Warning: Explicit material – I mean art- follows. “The Debauchery Tour 2019” started as two moms visiting a college aged kid doing a semester abroad. It was one of those rare times in life when everyone on the family … Continue reading
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Tagged Culture, food, Humor, Montreal, New Orleans, Paris, Travel
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Ginkgo Trees- the Chitlins of Japan
If you’ve ever smelled a Ginkgo tree, or chitlins, my guess is you could all give me the same one word description without thinking too hard. Poo. Both have stenches so offensive you could also tell me where you were, … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Uncategorized
Tagged Chitlins, Culture, Emily Cannell, Ginkgo, Hey From Japan- Notes on Moving, HeyfromJapan, Humor, Japan, Japanese food, Moving, Tokyo, Travel, Trees
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I Found Drogon….And Flowers…. In The Desert
For the Big Money: Q: Why is California called the Golden State? Not the gold rush Nothing to do with golden tans (or bronzer) Gold Finger is just a bad guess A: Golden hills. That’s right. The hills of California … Continue reading
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Tagged Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, california, Culture, Desert, Family, Flowers, Hey From Japan- Notes on Moving, Humor, Photography, RVing, Travel, Vacation
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April Showers Brings May….. Gogatsu-byou?
Show of hands- who gets crabby in May? I’m 54 years old and just found out that condition I have suffered from each and every May that I can remember has a name. I’ve heard a nasty rumor that Offsprings … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Moving, Moving Lesson, Offspring, Uncategorized
Tagged Chidren, Culture, Family, Gogatsu-byou, Hey From Japan- Notes on Moving, Humor, Japan, May Sickness, Travel
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When Your New Job Changes Time…
I’ve had some good jobs in my time. Some that were pretty high on the Bureacratic food chain. I’ve had career positions so important I tried to use them for my personal benefit. Like the time I spent a … Continue reading
Girls’ Trip… Menopause Style
A long time ago, (my twenties) in a galaxy far away (New Orleans), I went on a girls’ trip. We spent a week in the Big Easy like a troupe of vampires carousing at night, and sleeping through the day. … Continue reading
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Tagged British Columbia, Canada, Culture, Family, Friends, HeyfromJapan, Humor, Menopause, Photography, Squamish River Rafting, Travel
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Panic and the KonMari Method
Have any of you read The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo? I haven’t either. The title is enough to induce an immediate panic of the type usually requiring medication. For those of you who don’t know, … Continue reading
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Tagged Clutter, Culture, ExPat, fish floats, Humor, Japan, Kokeshi dolls, KonMari Method, Shrine Sales, Tidy, Travel
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“Mono no aware”
Japan changed me. In a bad way. If you had told college-aged Ouisar-san that she would skip her daily afternoon nap in order to take pictures of a flower field, I would have instructed you to put down the crack … Continue reading
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Tagged california, Carlsbad flower fields, Culture, Flowers, Hey From Japan- Notes on Moving, Humor, Mono no aware, Travel
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It’s That Time of Year Again- Cherry Blossom Season
My annual emergence from MIA status usually coincides with Cherry Blossom Season, also known more commonly as Easter Season. Inspired by the fleeting nature of the cherry blossoms, sakura, and the boisterous celebrations of hanami – cherry blossom viewing- in … Continue reading
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Tagged Cherry Blossoms, Culture, Hanami, HeyfromJapan, Humor, Japan, Sakura, Travel
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Politics as Usual- Always Stange and Getting Stanger
I voted. But this time, I voted on things I never thought I`d consider thirty years ago. And it just continues to be as strange as it always has been. My own experience with politics has become progressively more absurd. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amblerangel, californa ballot intiatives, Culture, election, Emily Cannell, ExPat, Family, Hey From Japan- Notes on Moving, Moving, politics, Travel
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