Jackie's Japan Journal

 Before the rainy season we managed to cut down the weeds.  Having a very short rainy season meant that the weeds didn't grow back.  I w...

 The past couple of years the summer festivals were canceled because of the corona virus.  The media dubbed those years the summers of silen...

 I should of guessed that things were going to keep being crazy! Sam recovered from his nose bleed.  I'm figuring how to cook without my...

  Sam, one of my ginger cats, got a nose bleed yesterday. Hannah and I managed to get to him and stop the bleeding but couldn't figure...

 Something a bit lighter. One of our cats, Fluffy finds the most interesting places to sleep.   For example  on the toilet. On the kitchen s...

 I don't usually write about the news but this week has been rather extra ordinary. Started with a typhoon that wasn't a typhoon whe...

 I know the summers in Japan are hot but the temperatures we have been experiencing the past few days go beyond hot!  Yesterday was really b...