²«ºª My Twilight Years

My grandson gave this strange cup as a souvenir of Okinawa to my husband. He took part in a graduation trip to Okinawa the other day. He got around looking for souvenirs to buy. He wondered what to buy for my husband. He knows very well that my husband likes alcoholic drinks very much and my grandson has seen his grandpa got get drunk before. So, he must have thought that it was better for his grandpa not to drink too much.

By chance, my grandson found this cup in which a Shisa¥·¡¼¥µ¡¼( a talisman to protect one from evil in Okinawa) was glaring fiercely. If you pour water or other drinks over some extent, say 80 %, all of it will run down from the hole of the bottom. That¡Çs quite funny. My grandson doesn¡Çt understand this system. My husband says that it might use siphon effect, but he isn¡Çt sure. I hope this cup will work well on my husband.



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As I talked about our actibity in the English conversation club before, I chose two characters, i.e. Melanie ( in ¡ÈGone with the Wind") and Hillary Clinton, and then made a story.

Melanie was a thoughtful woman. She always cared about others more than herself. Many people were helped by her kind and merciful mind. Scarlet ( a heroin in Gone With the Wind) took for granted that she should have been was treated like a queen by surrounded surrounding men. She was selfish and thought that even Melanie¡Çs husband loved her better than Melanie. On the other hand, Melanie covered up Scarlet even when the bad rumor between her husband and Scarlet had spread.

Hillary Clinton was Melanie¡Çs granddaughter and sometimes visited her grandma¡Çs house in the South. Hillary was logical and very smart and often helped weak people by her job skills as a lawyer. She always thought that Melanie should express herself more openly and should demand Scarlet to be more moderate. She was often irritated by the fact that Melanie was too patient. However, she was also comforted by Melanie. When Hillary was worried about her husband¡Çs affairs and felt depressed, Melanie consoled her and cheered her up, saying ¡ÈYou must make allowance for each other¡Çs faults and forgive the person who offends you. Remember God forgives you, so you must forgive others.¡É



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It has been a little bit cool since we had a heavy thunderstorm three days ago, but it feels like it is getting hotter today. It¡Çs better to read a thrilling story like a mystery or a ghost story to forget this summer heat.

I enjoyed reading ¡ÈMaster of The Game¡É by Sidney Sheldon. This thrilling and provocative story had a power that even made me stay away from a PC. It is really a page- turner. It¡Çs a long story about four generations of a successful woman, but each sentence is short and words are easy.

The heroin, Kate was a beautiful and wealthy woman who inherited her father¡Çs company and made the company an international conglomerate. She was well- known worldwide as a symbol of success. She loved her family, but controlled her family members in order to make her company more prosperous. Accidents occurred one after another. Celebrating her ninetieth birthday, she surveyed her family¡Çs history. Her son got insane and her granddaughter was a murderer. Was she the master of the game?
I couldn¡Çt stop reading, asking breathlessly ¡ÈWhat¡Çs next?¡É



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a hawk in the sky

circles the Point

solitude



Dear Anima
I can't find your blog this morning. I feel sad to know you have disappeared. I like your photos, especially the last one. Your partner and you are in the dense mist. Good luck!




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I stayed overnight at a small hotel in Ashizuri Point, Tosa Shimizu City. It is a lonely port town having several inns and hotels. There is an elementary school at the Point having a small playground and a pool. Children seem to swim in the pool. I couldn't see any beaches to swim out there. Steep cliffs make a person difficult to approach the sea. .This is a subtropical plant before the hotel.



We were served ayu fish, raw fish of yokowa and squid, shellfish, katsuo no tataki, etc. Raw fish and bonito were very fresh and delicious.



On the next day, I visited a lighthouse standing at Asizuri Point. The scenery was marvelous. The Point was once a famous place for committing suicide. I remembered the short story ­À¢Ì¨ written by Åĵܸ×ɧ. It is a dark story after WW­¶. Blue sky and blue sea made me forget the sad story.


There is a big statue of ¥¸¥ç¥óËü¼¡Ïº near the Point. He was shipwrecked and saved by an American ship. He seemed to stay in America for some time. After coming back to Japan, he took an active part at the end of Edo era as an interpreter.


I sweat and sweat during the trip. I have to train myself for the next pilgrimage scheduled at the end of August.



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