December 2022– date –

This year, I have managed to post every day since I started NOTE in June until today. It started out as a commercial for my own Kindle book, but as I continu...

SunnyIt's cold, so I didn't go outside all day. I might as well go into hibernation as it is. In the past, the 30th was the day for cleaning up at my parents...

For the first time in decades, I started wearing a wristwatch to go outside. I had been using my smartphone for a long time, but I realized that I had become...

Sunny Every year, I send out replies to the New Year's greeting cards that come in, but I only send one in advance.It is from my former professor who was in ...

Clear skiesThe winter solstice has passed, and I savor the days getting a little longer. When I take a walk in the morning, I often find myself mesmerized by...

Idea is Buddha nature? World spirit on philosophy, common consciousness on psychology Is it the destiny of existence to realize the "true, good, and beautifu...

Heavy snow since this morningWondering if I should cancel my lunch in the afternoon. The coldest memory in my life.It was exactly ten years ago.Every year in...

There was a time, long ago, when I was writing tanka poems.It was the dawn of the website, when there was no such thing as blogs. I simply pasted a few poor ...

Sunny after rainCold I read the complete works of Takaaki Yoshimoto, vol. 6, in a rambling manner.　 In one of them, there is a story about how, when he was ...

Rain after rain after sunshine, winter rain is somewhat lonely Come to think of it, am I the only one who thinks that the Christmas songs playing in the stre...