April 12, 2020
Happy Easter! I received this image via my phone. Thank you! ハッピーイースター！こんな画像が私の電話に届きました。ありがとう！ And this! それから、これも！
April 11, 2020
ダン蔵 received this image via email and he share it with me. It made me Laugh. ダン蔵がこんな写真をEメールで受け取ったので、私にも見せてくれた。笑えたー。
April 10, 2020
Is the glass half empty or half full? Oh, well, my hand sanitizer is more than half empty. コップに水が半分もある、それとも半分しか無い？ あー、うーん、私のハンドサニタイザーは半分より少ないです。 Pessimism or optimism doesn’t matter. Only the fact in front of me. 悲観的だとか楽観的だとか、関係ない。現実が目の前にあります。 But, so what? でも、だから、何？
April 9, 2020
I mentioned Jonathan Livingston Seagull on March 30th. I read it the version of the translation by Hiroyuki Itsuki on time. I don’t have the book anymore. So, I ordered it at Amazon. But, this time, I ordered it in the English original. I received it today. It is second hand but good shape. It’s …
April 8, 2020
Caran D’ache Pencil-sharpening Machine arrived. I tried using it immediately. カランダッシュの鉛筆削りが届いたので、早速使って見た。 Amazing…! すげえ、、、。 And then, it is reminded me that the reason I didn’t have a Pencil-sharpening Machine. It can sharpen pencils too much. It could waste my color pencils. で、気づいたんだけど、何で鉛筆削り持ってなかったって言うと、削りすぎるから、色鉛筆が勿体無いのだ。 When I was young, I always cut my pencils by a cutter knife. Nowadays, …
April 7, 2020
I bought a bunch of sunflowers. I thought this strong yellow because I thought they could cheer me up. However, thinking of Van Gogh…it didn’t cheer him up. Right? Actually, he went insane. But, maybe he was not mad. １束のひまわりを買った。この強い黄色が私を元気にしてくれるような気がして、でも、ゴッホのことを考えたら、それは彼を元気にしなかったよね？彼は正気を失って、でも、多分、正気は失ってなかった。 It was a beautiful day today, very spring-like. 今日は春らしい美しい日でした。
April 5th, 2020
It happened to buy this. HEINZ BEANS! たまたま、これを買ってしまったので、 Therefore, I cooked English Breakfast for our breakfast. 朝食にイングリッシュブレックファストを作った。 I watched the Queen’s speech on TV unexpectedly. 思いがけずにクイーンのスピーチをテレビで見た。 I’m glad that Queen is in good shape. I respect her. クイーンが健康そうで、ご立派なので嬉しかった。尊敬する。 So, without any plan, today was English day for me. なので、予定してなかったけど、今日はイギリスの日になりました。 Can you believe? She is 93! …
April 4, 2020
This image. I received from Helen at A&D Gallery yesterday. この写真、A&D Galleryのヘレンから昨日届いた。 I am a regular customer of Fiat Cafe. It is near my apartment. Anne Marie, she is a partner of the owner, she concern I am traveling for our laundry and she said she can wash it for me. Her apartment has a …
April 3rd, 2020
This chunk. This is our laundry. We don’t have a washing machine at home. But, all of our laundromats in our neighborhood have been closing. I am lucky enough. A laundry near my studio is still open. I went there and picked it up. This one weighs 20 pounds. この塊。私たちの洗濯物なんですけど、うちには洗濯機が無く、近所の洗濯屋さんは全部しまってしまった。でも、私は幸運な事に自分の仕事場のそばの洗濯屋さんは空いてる！そこに持って行って、持って帰って来たこれは、２０ポンドあります。 For your information: Normally, apartments …