The new ffs: Friendship, Fellowship & Sport
The 30th of July is International Friendship Day, and I turn to The Guardian Correspondent, Sean Ingle’s post-match commentary to...
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Jul 22, 20213 min read
Tokyo’s Two Olympics (T)
From the 23rd of July, Tokyo will be hosting its long-awaited Summer Olympics, its second time since 1964 when Judo and Volleyball were...
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Jul 16, 20211 min read
Yellow Pig Day & Prime Number 17 Haiku (T)
Weird that the 17th of July is Yellow Pig Day but even weirder that two Princeton students in the 1960s decided a yellow pig should be...
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haru
Jul 11, 20212 min read
Dreaming Tennis with a Wimbledon Championships Racquet (T)
If it was strange and wonderful to watch Wimbledon matches on screen on the 28th of June it was even more so to be able to spectate the...
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Jul 7, 20211 min read
The Weaver Maiden and the Cow Herder (F)
Once a year on the 7th of July the Princess WeaverMaiden Orihime is allowed to meet the CowHerder BoyStar Hikoboshi in the milky way...
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Jul 2, 20212 min read
Can A Nomad Settle?
Nomadland (2020) by filmmaker Chloé Zhao is a story about a woman, Fern, who, though initially thrust onto the road due to her husband’s...
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Jun 25, 20212 min read
Handshake Day and Larry’s Monster-Busting Handshakes (T)
The third Thursday of June is Handshake Day, a day of greater note since the pandemic has endangered this traditional greeting. Spending...
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Jun 18, 20212 min read
Two Father Mash (T)
This Father’s Day I’m reflecting on the two fathers I know well, my own father and the father of my children. Both businessmen, they are...
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Jun 11, 20212 min read
From 1967 To 2021 Happy #LovingDay!
12 June is #LovingDay, a date that marks the landmark 1967 civil rights decision in Loving v. Virginia when mixed race marriage became...
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Jun 4, 20212 min read
Cognac, Hot Chocolate and Cream Stingers
Friday June 4th is Cognac Day, and I’m commemorating this special day by recognizing both Cognac, the drink and Cognac, the town, because...
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May 28, 20211 min read
Dorayaki, Friendship and Taking Stock of Unfinished Business
The last Monday in May is one of eight bank holidays in the UK. What we now see simply as a public holiday and a three-day weekend was...
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May 21, 20212 min read
Turtles and Us, We're Part of the Solution
This weekend’s mashup is International Day for Biological Diversity (22nd May) and World Turtle Day (23rd May) I was twelve when I was...
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May 14, 20212 min read
Limerick Day and the International Day of Families (T)
Mixing languages at the dinner table was a big part of our family growing up. We mixed up American English and Japanese to get a...
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May 9, 20211 min read
Sweet potato and Mother’s Day Haiku Mash
This is me eating a sweet potato. I don’t remember exactly how old I was. What I do remember is what I felt like when I was eating it,...
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May 5, 20211 min read
Koi Fish Streamers & Haiku Family Cheer
On May 5th, the Japanese celebrate Children’s Day by placing 鯉のぼりkoinobori carp wind streamers on the roof (terrace, in our case) with...
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May 3, 20211 min read
MacArthur's Japanese Constitution
As the second day of the Golden Week national holiday in Japan, 憲法記念日, Kenpō Kinenbi is a day to celebrate the 1947 enactment of the...
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Apr 30, 20213 min read
The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs (F)
As the 29th of April marks the beginning of Golden Week, a week long collection of four holidays, Showa Day, Constitutional Memorial Day,...
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Apr 23, 20211 min read
As Japanese as Mount Asama Blueberry Pie (T)
Looking for recipes to celebrate Blueberry Pie Day on the 28th of April, I learned that blueberries are native to the Americas and were...
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Apr 17, 20211 min read
Single- and Double- Petal Cherry Blossom Haiku Slam
April is a transitional month from spring to summer, or as the Swiss think of it, summer to winter, as represented in their Sechseläuten...
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Apr 12, 20211 min read
Pandemic Haiku Enjambment Mash
Pandemic Haiku Enjambment Mash Today is the first day in the UK Stage 2 roadmap out of lockdown and the reopening of retail, outdoor...
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