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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! …

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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 …

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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 …

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April 2, 2020

I have been keeping drawing this one roll of paper since 2018. I draw both sides of the paper. I hope I could finish it very soon. 2018年以来、やってるんだけど、一巻きの紙の両面に描いてる絵。もうそろそろ、終わらせたい。 I have been wondering why I don’t have a nice pencil sharpener. なんで私はナイスな鉛筆削り機持ってないんだろう?と、思ってた。 So, I order one today. Yay! だから、今日注文したべさ。これ!

March 31, 2020

Today was ダン蔵’s birthday. He was busy all day; he received greeting phone calls from his friends and he was very happy. His happines made me happy. 今日はダン蔵の誕生日。彼は、一日中お友達からおめでとうの電話をもらって、忙しかった。で、彼はそれで、嬉しかった。彼の喜びは私の幸せだ。 I cooked tempura for our dinner. Tempura is one of his favorite dishes. 彼が好きな天ぷらを夕食に作ったよ。

March, 30, 2020

Oh, well. What can I do? Nothing. Be quiet and self-isolated. しかたがない。 私に何ができる? 何もない。 静かにし、孤立するだけ。 Ah, I should have said self-quarantine. However, so what? あ、自己隔離と、言うべきだった。でも、だから何? The truth is we should have destruction in 1999. According to Nostradamus. でも、本当は、人類は1999年に滅亡するはずだった。ノストラダムスはそう言った。 However, in 1999, the best seller book was Jonathan Livingston Seagull, written by Richard Bach in Japan. …

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March 29, 2020

The young green weeping willow I saw the other day was beautiful and impressive. Today was a rainy day. If I saw it today, I guess it made me cry. 先日見た若いしだれ柳は美しく印象的だった。 今日は雨の日で、もし今日見てたら、私は泣いたかも。

March 28, 2020

I got a message that said If ダン蔵 becomes infected with Corona, it’s because of my carelessness. I feel like I can not say anything. もし、ダン蔵がコロナに感染したら、お前の不注意のせいだ。と、言うメールをもらって、なんとも言えない気持ちになる。 Maybe it is true. But, maybe not true. However, I guess the person that gave me the message never knows What life is. 「もし、ダン蔵がコロナに感染したら、私の不注意のせいだ。」多分それは本当です。 しかし、本当ではないかもしれません。 しかし、私にメッセージを与えた人は、人生とは何かを決して知らないはず。 I don’t think …

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March 26, 2020

Since March 23, I have been thinking of Matazo Kayama‘s cherry blossom paintings. Then, it reminds me of Motojiro Kajii‘s short novel Beneath the Cherry Trees and I read it again. 三月23日以来、私は加山又造の桜の絵の作品群について思いを巡らせていたら、梶井基次郎の「桜の樹の下には」と言う短編小説のことを思い出して、読み直した。 There are some dead bodies buried beneath the cherry trees. The roots of the cherry trees suck the solution of the dead bodies. …

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