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Last Day of School
Friday was Graduation and the last day of school at Nishimachi. Eleven 9th graders graduated and each gave a speech in both Japanese and English to a gymnasium full of…
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A Peace Offering
Well, dear reader, thanks to my good friends Kate and Maryann and my dear sister Nancy, I feel SO MUCH BETTER today than I did yesterday. I turned over a…
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Arisugawa and the Fishermen
I’m not sure if I am going to be able to articulate what happened yesterday, but let me try. This story began when we first got to Japan last August.…
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The Graduation Dance
It was pouring rain (again) at 6:30 last night when Yumiko left to go to the graduation dance. She looked beautiful – even if I do have “parental stupidity” as…
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Yumiko and the Caterpillar
Tonight is the big graduation dance at Yumiko’s school. She’s never been to a dance before, so everybody is a little nervous. We went shopping and found a beautiful long…
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Hairs on End
I found a great little spider this morning crouching behind a leaf and watching me with his four eyes as I put my lens up to his face. Just as…
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Brooks Brothers
Ken and I have had a wonderfully relaxed time in terms of dressing while here in Tokyo. In fact, each time we go out walking I always feel as if…
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The Macro Lens is Back!!
The Nikon Service Center called yesterday and said my macro lens was back in business . Oh how I missed those bugs for too many days. This morning, although still…
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The Group Shot
This week’s photo assignment was to take candid group shots. Our teacher suggested each of us invite a few friends over for a party and take photographs. Well let me…
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Katsuko Nakamoto
Back in December, I had a photo assignment to take pictures of the same subject using a wide angle, regular, and telephoto lens. I chose to take photos of the…