Jackie's Japan Journal

 I really thought I had one more day in April! I was shocked when I checked my phone this morning and found that it's May 1st.  So April...

 I haven't bothered to clean out the area in front of the entrance, as I didn't feel it was important, since I wasn't going to t...

 Before we moved here, I decided I didn't want to set up a room as a classroom. I've had to use one room for teaching in every house...

 I knew that there were problems with this house, but I thought they were more cosmetic. It looks like there are also structural problems. T...

 Are these from another planet? Strange plants! They look strange but are just bamboo! Bamboo grows very quickly. The one next to the shed g...

 Not sure what I'm feeling. Overwhelmed, fed up, tired. All adjectives that describe how I feel right now. A lot of these feelings are b...

 I came across a Facebook group with this title. It was started during the pandemic as a way for people to share where they are and what the...