Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Week 6
Saturday, March 27, 2021
#Ten Things of Thankful: March 27, 2021
- the anemone hepatica in our backyard
- a new light bulb for my desk lamp
- warmer afternoons
- strawberries for breakfast 🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓
- the toaster oven
- peace and quiet at night
Friday, March 26, 2021
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Week 5
Saturday, March 20, 2021
#Ten Things of Thankful: March 20, 2021
- I played the organ at church last Sunday.
- I lost my folding umbrella on Monday, and found it at the Lost and Found at the supermarket on Tuesday.
- more camellias in front of our house
- I took a long walk along the riverbank on Tuesday, for the first time this spring.
- a cup of Chinese blackberry leaf tea after lunch
- pain that warns me to slow down
- sufficient sleep
- the newspaper
Friday, March 19, 2021
Thursday, March 18, 2021
#Six-Sentence Story: At A No-Frills Beauty Salon
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Week 4
We are working on Isaiah 12:4 in The Bible Memory Challenge hosted by DoNotDepart.com. I am learning it in New International Version, and the first phrase of verse 4 is exactly the same as that of verse 1: In that day you will say:
In Hebrew, however, the first words, which mean "you will say", are different:
And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. (Isa 12:1 KJV)
And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. (Isa 12:4 KJV)
Saturday, March 13, 2021
#Ten Things of Thankful: March 13, 2021
- taking part in the monthly Bible Study meeting last Friday, where we studied Esther 7
- the Rev. F*
- Mr. W*
- having just solved a serious computer problem thanks to the information found at a website
- most of the snow on the riverbanks has melted and we can take a walk there now
- camellias I saw in my neighborhood
- gentle rain this morning
- having recorded a short organ prelude composed by C. H. Rinck
- Linking up with Ten Things of Thankful, which reminds me to be thankful all the time 😊
Friday, March 12, 2021
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Six-Sentence Story: Journey
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Wednesday Hodgepodge: March 10, 2021
1. March 9th is National Get Over It Day...what's something you need to 'just get over already'?
National Get Over It Day? -- Well, right now, I cannot think of anything in particular. On second thought, probably, myself?
2. Something you're currently 'over the moon' about?
'Over the moon' would be an overstatement, but I am glad that the winter seems to be over earlier than usual and most of the snow on the riverbanks has melted. I will start taking a walk on the riverbanks soon.
3. What's something you're 'chewing over' these days? (meaning-thinking over carefully)
I'm pondering how to age gracefully. 😊 The first step will be to learn to be more thankful so that I am not tempted to complain or feel depressed.
4. The last thing you cooked or ate that was overdone?
Pork sauté. I tend to overdo pork.
5. In celebration of hitting volume 411 in the weekly Hodgepodge, give us the 411 on something happening in your life in the next 30 days.
I am going to take part in Blogging from A to Z April Challenge!
6. Insert your own random thought here.
I saw some yellow crocuses blooming for the first time this year in the flowerbed in front of a store when I was taking a walk yesterday. I am glad that spring is coming.
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Week 3
Monday, March 8, 2021
A to Z Challenge Theme Reveal
Amazing Grace
Saturday, March 6, 2021
#Ten Things of Thankful: March 6, 2021
- the camellia in front of our house
- re-reading Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
- the city library
- kind people around us
- time to practice playing the electronic keyboard
- making preparations for Blogging from A to Z April Challenge
- taking a walk almost every day
- my father's smiles
Thursday, March 4, 2021
#Six-Sentence Story: Philosophy 101
Professor Kudo, who looked somewhat like a Kewpie doll, turned to the blackboard and wrote a word: 'θεωρία'. He pronounced the word, and explained that it is a Greek word meaning contemplation, adding that the English word theory comes from it.
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Lions, March, Flour, and the Doll Festival
1. Is March coming in like a lion where you live? -- This year, no. It is warmer and sunnier than usual. --Aslan, Simba, Elsa, The Cowardly Lion...your favorite 'famous' lion? --Aslan. I read The Chronicles of Narnia for the first time in my twenties, and I was impressed. I still have the books with me, and reread them from time to time.
2. In what way do you 'march to the beat of your own drum'? --Now that I stay home most of the time, I seem to be marching to the beat of my own drum in almost every aspect of my life these days...
3. What item that you don't have already, would you most like to own? Any chance of that happening soon? --Let me see... More wisdom? I'm always praying about it. 😊
4. March is National Flour Month...are you a baker? --I used to like baking, but I seldom bake anything these days. Cookies-cakes-or pies...your favorite sweet treat to bake? --I should say, cakes, simple, easy-to-make cakes. What's the last non-sweet thing you made that called for flour? --Bagels, and it was more than one year ago.
5. There are 31 days in the month of March...where were you and what were you doing when you were 31? --I was living in a small town surrounded by mountains on the main island of Japan, teaching English as a foreign language at a high school there. If you haven't hit that milestone yet, then tell us where you were and what you were doing 31 months ago? (if math is not your thing, that would be August 3, 2018)
6. Insert your own random thought here.
In Japan, where I live, March 3 is Girls' Day, which is also known as 'the Doll Festival.' Traditional dolls are displayed in most houses to celebrate the occasion. The photograph below shows the humble set of dolls my parents bought for me when I was a baby. --The dolls are ornamental, and children are not supposed to play with them.Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Week 2
This week, we are learning Isaiah 12:2 by heart in The Bible Memory Challenge hosted by DoNotDepart.com. I'm memorizing it in New International Version and in Hebrew. Working on this verse, I've realized that NIV is different from other translations, in that the word 'defense' is used instead of 'song'.
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. (Isa 12:2 NIV)
The original word is
Its definition doesn't seem to include 'defense', and the footnote in NIV says 'or song'.
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.
I'm curious about why they have changed it to 'defense' in the latest NIV.