2018/10/28
Yesterday evening, I happened to see
ねぶた lifted by college students
of 青森県学生寮.
This was one of the events
of their dormitory festival 寮祭,
I heard.
Sorry, I didn't know 青森県学生寮
is in Kodaira city.
All the students looked full of life!
They brought life to us audience.
I was happy to see young people
full of vigor.
I remembered my university days.
I was full of life and energy.
I always tried my hardest in everything.
How young I was!
Time really flies.



2018/10/22
What a beautiful autumn day!
Yesterday there was an annual festival
in Kodaira City.
The festival lasted from 9:30 to 4:00.
There were 10 こどもみこし
(by preschool children),
8 おとなみこし, or entertainment
performances by many groups.
There were a lot of stalls (出店) along the
アカシア通り
where the festival was going on.
I was looking forward to the festival,
because I wanted to buy potatoes
at a stall called 小平町コーナー
from Hokkaido.
小平町(おびらまち) in Hokkaido
and 小平市(こだいらし)
have been sister cities for 40 years.
Potatoes they sell are delicious
and I buy their potatoes every year.
At 9:00 I left home and hurried
to the stall小平町コーナー.
To my surprise, there was already
a long, long line of people
who wanted to buy the local products
of おびら町.
I waited one and a half hours
before buying the potatoes
for my daughter’s family!
I was awfully tired
but very happy to get them
before their being sold out.

(Not a cloud was to be seen!)



(おびら町コーナー)

(おびら町コーナーへの行列)



2018/10/18
This morning the sun was shining
high in the sky.
When I was walking along the sidewalk
near my apartment,,
I saw a mantis, カマキリ. walking
on the fence.
Are you a child?
Are you a girl?
Are you a boy?
Why are you walking here?
Can you leap down from the fence?
Do you need my help?
The mantis said No, and I said Bye.
Oh, when did I see カマキリ last?



2018/10/13
This morning, when I was dusting
the bookshelves,
I happened to find a book of 6年1組文集
titled 「おもいで」.

I was an elementary schoolgirl of 6年1組
64 years ago.
There were 60 boys and girls in the class.
My class teacher, Mr. Ishida, compiled
our compositions into a book---
written by hand.
The book is 2 cm thick!
Mr. Ishida gave a copy to each of us
on graduation day.
The 文集「おもいで」contains
60 students’compositions on
バードウイーク
汽車の旅
遠足
展覧会
初雪
新年を迎えて
正月
詩と俳句
お別れの言葉
What a nostalgic memory!
I spent a couple of hours
reading the 「おもいで」.
( by the principal)

(by the vice-principal)

(by my class teacher, Mr. Ishida)

(my classmates 6年1組)

(my hometown)

2018/10/9
Today I went to the dentist
to have my teeth checked and cleaned.
My dentist asks me to have
a dental checkup twice a year.
First, 歯科衛生士 cleaned my teeth.
Then, they took an X-ray of my teeth.
Finally, the doctor examined my teeth.
Nothing was wrong with any of my teeth!
How happy I was!
To tell the truth, I am 歯科恐怖症.

2018/10/4
Today it has been raining all day
--but not so hard.
I felt as if we were in the rainy season.
According to the weather forecast,
tomorrow will be a cold rainy day—
the maximum temperature will be 21℃.
It will be rather hot at the weekend—
on Saturday 27℃ and on Sunday 31℃
here in Kodaira, Tokyo.
Typhoon No.25 is now blowing hard
around Okinawa.
It is a very powerful typhoon again.
There are a lot of typhoons this year.
Why?
Because of the warming of the earth?
I pray Typhoon No.25 may not cause
great damage in any area.
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