Monthly Archives: August 2016

All the wrinkled ladies

Posted on August 11, 2016 by jyourist
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Judging books by their covers: I

Posted on August 9, 2016 by jyourist

Off and on this summer I have been organizing the multitude of books in our house. Over these many years I have picked up appealing old books with awesome illustrations, intriguing titles, and/or engaging covers. Some of them I have already … Continue reading →

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“Choices We Make When We Are Too Young To Make Them” by Lois Parker Edstrom

Posted on August 7, 2016 by jyourist

Evenings at the table with my father, stewing over algebraic equations, chemical reactions, my young life sloped toward science and healing. He didn’t recognize, nor did I, how I fingered letters the way the devout touch prayer beads, that I … Continue reading →

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Gembaku no ko

Posted on August 6, 2016 by jyourist

Today is the 71st anniversary of the dropping of the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. We visited there four years ago with our son who was teaching in Satsuma Sendai at the time. The many memorials and monuments to peace and nuclear non-proliferation … Continue reading →

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Nothing else to do but read

Posted on August 5, 2016 by jyourist

Today JB and I went to the library. We haven’t been to the library in many, many years. We read a lot, but somehow have purchased all our reading materials from bookstores or online. When I was at work I would … Continue reading →

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Lunching on Joe Pye Weed in the east garden

Posted on August 4, 2016 by jyourist
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Emptying out some of the cluttered spaces

Posted on August 2, 2016 by jyourist

I was driving home today after doing some errands and a very old memory popped into my head. I was young —maybe 8 years old. There was a car accident at the corner of our street, Sabra Road and Willys Parkway. … Continue reading →

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