• The Sleep-Over

    The Sleep-Over

    Ken thinks I have “Lazy Brain.”   He may be right.  Let me tell you the latest incident why. Yumiko has been to two sleep-overs since we have been here…

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  • More Pictures From China

    More Pictures From China

    First Photo: Liu Fei and Son Zuyuan Second Photo: From Left: Nancy Hu, Wonderful Wang Ping  and Mrs. Guo Third Photo: Toasting with Mr. Zheng Fourth Photo: Ken, Yumiko and…

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  • Wonderful Friends and a Great Trip

    Wonderful Friends and a Great Trip

    It’s Saturday afternoon.  We got back from our whirl-wind tour of China late Thursday night.  We had a truly wonderful time.  Ken’s sister Takae San had never been to China…

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  • We’re Back

    We’re Back

    We are back from a wonderful trip to Beijing, Xian and Shanghai.  There are many stories to tell, but it is late Friday night and we need to recharge the…

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  • Beijing Tomorrow – Harikari Today

    Beijing Tomorrow – Harikari Today

    The three of us Kono’s are getting up tomorrow morning at 4:30 a.m. and will fly to Beijing with Ken’s sister Takae San.  We’ll be back next Thursday.  In the…

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  • The Grand Canyon Slide Show

    The Grand Canyon Slide Show

    I said in a recent blog that Mr. Takada at the City Hall was probably the nicest person on earth.  I may have been too quick in that judgement as…

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  • Five Visits to the City Hall

    It’s just about 11:00 a.m. on Monday.  Ken and I left the house early this morning to go back to the City Hall to meet with Mr. Takada, our case…

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  • Warm and Cool

    Warm and Cool

    This week’s photo assignment is to find subjects to photograph that have both warm and cool colors.  If a subject is predominantly warm, the photograph should not have more than…

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  • Foot on Head and other Stretchy Moves

    Foot on Head and other Stretchy Moves

    It’s been a long day.  Yumiko had her play at school last night and tonight. I sat through both performances and loved it all.  They were great. Her middle school…

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  • Computer Adventure

    Computer Adventure

    Oh, what a time we had on Sunday.  It was about 10:30 a.m.  Yumiko and I were both working on our computers.  Yumiko asked me to take a look at…

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