When I woke up this morning, a gigantic fly was flying and it was annoying. Then I thought it better than I transformed into an insect, like Franz Kafka’s story The Metamorphosis. 今朝起きた時、巨大な蠅が飛んでてうるさかった。で、朝目覚めたら、カフカの「変身」みたいに、虫に変身してるよりはマシ。と、思った。 And it reminded me that I made a freestyle haiku last summer. – Fly Flying Annoying ….I think it was master piece. …
I am doing 100% household chores and errands. Our life doesn’t have an idea of allotment. I do all. Because ダン蔵 is a genius. He can do only his work and he literally can do only his work. So, I don’t demand. 私は家事を１００％こなしてます。私達の生活には分担という言葉はありません。私が全部します。それはダン蔵が天才だから。彼は自分の仕事だけ出来て、本当にそれだけが出来るんです。だから、私は要求しません。 A sudden thought; I never had a chance to meet a man …
There is a Patisserie Ceci Cela near my apartment. Their croissant is the best in New York! 家の近所にセシセラというお菓子屋さんがあります。彼らのクロワッサンはニューヨークで一番美味しい！ Because of the COVID-19, there are so many homeless people on the street. The shelter for the homeless also needs to do the social distance. Many of them can’t stay there. Thus, the homeless couldn’t enter to …
All flower shops were closed. I can get floweres from grocery stores and super markets. But, some grocery stores were stop to carry flowers. If I couldn’t have floweres at home, it would be sad. 全ての花屋は閉まってて、花が買えるのは八百屋かスーパーマーケット。でも、いくつかの八百屋は花を置くのをやめている。もし、花が買えなくなったら淋しい。 Usually, ダン蔵 catches a cold this time of year, but this year, he doesn’t have any. Last year, his …
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！
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。
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？
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 …
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, …
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。