Blogtober 21: questions galore
Earlier this afternoon on twitter I tweeted this with the intention of writing my answers as today’s blogtober post, and as of the time I am writing this there are…
Blogtober 20: Autumn days when the grass is jewelled
I think of Autumn as being the season when leaves actually start falling, I guess. The road I grew up on had loads of big old horse chestnut trees and…
Blogtober 19: fish are friends
You know the expression “more haste, less speed”? That was totally me this morning. The baby usually wakes up anywhere between 5:30 and 6am, but for reasons entirely unknown this…
Blogtober 18: cuddly toys
My apologies to people whose comments I have yet to reply to; it’s hard for me to find time at the weekends to reply to things when my husband is…
Blogtober 17: (not) studying Japanese
My first introduction to Japanese was through anime music. Not even through anime! My parents weren’t the type to have anything beyond the four available terrestrial channels and anime wasn’t…
Blogtober 16: things I wish I’d known
We’re over halfway through Blogtober now, folks! How’s it going? How are you doing? Every evening when I get ready for bed, I inevitably see myself in the mirror. This…
Blogtober 15: surprises
This is partly inspired by one of EveningStarfish‘s posts (which I have yet to reply to, whoops) and partly by an advertisement I saw on twitter earlier today. When you…
Blogtober 14: lookin’ for a mind at work
One of Kira’s recent posts made me think about work, and what we look for in employment. The expectation in Japan long seems to have been that you join a…
DoubleDelight : a blog, for now 