Jackie's Japan Journal

Life is not easy.  It's defiantly not for sissy, especially the life of a foreigner in Japan, with limited Japanese! I decided that it ...

I live in the southern part of Japan and we almost never get earthquakes.  I think in the 23 years that I've been here I have felt about...

I took myself off to the doctors yesterday.  This allergy/cold/asthma thing that I have is driving me crazy!  I spent most of Sunday. Monday...

Well not quite!  Yesterday during lunch I ended up choking on a piece of meat.  I couldn't swallow it or cough it up.  It was well and t...

It's that time of year again.  March is the end of the school year here in Japan, so many graduation ceremonies.  In our family we had o...

I have to loose weight.  I know that I keep saying that and doing nothing about it.  But I am in a dilemma. I have two choices, keep doing w...

Shortly after my husband died I joined an online community for widows and widowers!  I don't post very often but I do read what other pe...