Jackie's Japan Journal

I know this is the rainy season and I know that we get heavy rain but yesterday was crazy.  Thunder storms and torrential rain for a long t...

The rainy season has well and truly started.  The rainy season in this area is usually in the middle of June but this year it has been lat...

Today was my one year check up since my cancer diagnosis. The appointment went okay, just lots of waiting around.  First was the mammogram....

Friday would of been Hisao's 58th birthday.  It's hard to think of him as being 58! I often wonder what he would be doing if he wer...

Every year while it is still cool I tell myself that I will do better in the summer. I determine not to be defeated by the weather.  That I...

My mother in law is in a care home.  There was no choice, she is bed ridden, unable to get to the toilet or take a bath by herself.  Even s...

May in the area where I live is usually nice.  Not too hot, not too cold. Average temperature is between 20 to 25C (68 to 77F).  It is jus...