

Started eating yogurt
I started eating yogurt yesterday. I have never been a fan of the taste and texture of yogurt but I need to increase the amount of...


Double beauties
Today Yoshiko and I went shopping and found some tulips to remind us spring is not far off now. Riding up in the elevator I took a photo...


Second time to be refused for blood donation
Last fall I went to donate blood as I have every two months since returning to Canada. Every time I donate the clinic automatically books...


Jury Duty
I arrived home from Japan yesterday to discover my mother had been served with jury duty. My mother passed away in November 2016 at the...


Gas Prices in Vancouver
Gas prices have always been high in Vancouver. It goes with the cost-of-living here. I feel for the people who live here and are barely...


Home bound
We are homeward bound tonight after more than two weeks in Tokyo. An overnight flight from Haneda tonight. I can't say we accomplished...


Final night in Tokyo
It has been a busy day of final arrangements here in Tokyo before we return to Vancouver tomorrow night. Since arriving two weeks ago we...


58 today
I turned 58 years old today. Not so important to me but we are in Japan and great to be celebrating the day with Yoshiko. We were in...


Friday night in Hakone
We came to Hakone yesterday by train. I guess Tokyo wasn't cold enough for us. Yoshiko tried to get reservations at a ryokan for tonight...


Snow in Tokyo
Sometime yesterday afternoon, as forecasted, it started to snow here in Tokyo. And it didn't let up until sometime overnight. We awoke to...