Jackie's Japan Journal

 Yesterday was the first national holiday of Golden Week. Golden Week consists of 4 national holidays,  Showa Day, Constitution Memorial Day...

 Yesterday was such a great day.  I managed to do some chores I had been putting off, cooked a nice roast lunch and healthy dinner, wrote on...

 We all have a crazy sense of humor in this family.  It helps when things are stressful to be able to laugh over small things. The other mor...

 Some of my students love my cats.  They are always asking to see photos or pet the cats.  Some want to see the cats but are afraid and othe...

 At last I got a new stove top.  The old was getting to be very dangerous!  I burnt my hands the other week as a pot of boiling water was sl...

 A chance to write!  The past couple of weeks have been busy.  Most of our students have returned, a lot have changed the day or time they c...

 David was telling me a few days ago that when he was about 9 he watched a TV program saying that stress shortens a persons life.  He told m...