Miyazaki landscapes

He (and obviously the vastly talented artists with him), can see the art in real life and make it come to life on screen.

Airborne Sweet 16

Today is my baby girl’s birthday. Scratch that. It’s my lovely young lady’s birthday.

Happenings at home

The sun gets up when I do now, and I can’t help but embrace the change in my circadian rhythms.

Klickitat River for Mother’s Day

We were both much better rested, much happier, and much stinkier by Sunday afternoon.

Northern California feels like home

I lived in Humboldt for over 7 years and Miss T has been coming back to see her dad her whole life. So the redwoods and the northern Pacific are home to us.

Heat and goodbyes in Hiroshima

600 meters above ground, the bomb flattened nearly every structure within a 2 kilometer radius, and killed thousands of people instantly. Thousands more died soon after, flesh dripping off them, with nausea, fever, diarrhea, loss of hair, and internal bleeding. And then many more died after that, due to sudden bouts of cancer.

Tara in Iwakuni and Sanzoku (Chicken Shack)

On Sunday my T was still dealing with jet lag and reluctant to get out into the heat again. We made easy plans to go shopping in downtown Iwakuni and then to watch movies (Best of Monty Python’s Flying Circus) and have some mother-daughter bonding time. Again, we enjoyed finding grocery stores to wander through, […]

My girlie comes to Japan

While waiting for her bag, she walked up to her side and put her hand on the glass, and I put my hand over hers on my side of the glass.

Seattle Sights & Sakuracon

I knew my girlie had just learned a life lesson.

8th grade graduation

It’s the time when scheduled appointments are picking up because it’s the end of the school year. Aside from the ballet performance and it’s multitudinous rehearsals, Miss T is due to graduate from middle school and then my daughter will be a high-schooler. It’s more of an adjustment for me than for her. Am I […]