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Rethinking the Kitchen
Can you believe I am considering changing the kitchen layout? It shouldn’t be a big deal, since nothing is in play yet – no pipes installed and no orders placed. Why? Well, three reasons. So what do I want now? The kitchen wants a counter with stools along side facing the dining area. That was…
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Beginning 2023
Begin as you mean to go on, and go on as you began, and let the Lord be all in all to you. Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon While I’m not at all convinced about the Lord bit of this quote, I do love the start of it. “Begin as you mean to go on” runs…
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Happy 2023
Due to a death in the family in 2022, we did not send nengajou this year. However in the interest of keeping the 12 year series complete, I drew one for posting today. Let’s make 2023, Year of the Rabbit, memorable in the best way.
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25 words
Wondrous days at 555 – jichinsai to jotoshiki. 1000 days of yoga. Covid, menopause, heart diagnoses. Traded Tilly for Cow. Fritter hops, Beryl roombas, Maura guards. This is my 22nd annual 25 word summary of the year. It’s a tradition that helps me put an underline on the events of the past twelve months. Here…
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2022 at 555
A month-by-month retrospective summary in photos and notes. January While waiting for Teramoto-san to finalise the drawings and hand over to Sasaki-san, Tod & I laid out a temporary boundary to see where the house should be placed. It was an interesting exercise. We made a lot of decisions that day which I used months…
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Compose 2023
My word for 2023 is Compose. Some years I struggle to find the right word. I spend time with the dictionary and thesaurus. I get close, but it takes some effort to narrow down to the right word. But this year, it just appeared in my head and here we are. Compose will guide me…
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Christmas 2022
Although I did a lot of baking with a new cookie press over the course of the month, the rest of Christmas season was pretty indifferent. On the day itself, after opening gifts from family in the morning, we took Christmas lunch over to our friends’ minka and had a feast of steak with sauteed…
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Yoga fitness test
Do you keep track of your physical status? Many of us track our steps with a smartwatch or use an app to log weight, heart rate, and other vitals. But do you also track your flexibility, balance, and endurance? They are just as important especially as we grow older. My yoga class is mainly middle-aged…
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Bankiya-san
The bankiya-san is our roofer. I have no idea what his name is and I will probably never learn it because I will refer to him by his job role. This is commonly done for tradesmen, and so a lot of the people who will work on 555 will be nameless. It is highly convenient…
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1000 days
Today marked 1000 days in a row of Satoyama Yoga’s online class. It has been a pleasure to lead this class every day. Without it, I certainly would not have a regular daily practice for myself. It’s hard to digest everything that’s happened in this time, but these statements are true: Personally, I taught through…
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