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Archive for April, 2007

Rough Waters

As you may or may not know, twice a week, we go to the beach. At the beach, we do yoga and then Tai Chi. After that, we are warm enough to dive in the ocean. Keep in mind, it’s not like we are swimming. It’s a little too cold for that. We dive in, […]

Garbage Lunch

I probably haven’t mentioned, but our Grandma had a recent brush with death through pneumonia. In fact, she was at death’s door. Fortunately, she managed to ring the doorbell and run away.
She a lot better now and is walking again and is getting her strength back (which, if she’s walking, is obvious I guess). She’s […]

Semi-Futile Search.

So, we first went the hardware store to look for the file. They had a file that looked just like the one we were looking for. Unfortunately, it didn’t have the orange rubber cushioning that the one we have did. So, back home, I looked online for one. I soon found a site that had […]

Searching for another way.

This new shamisen has taken a lot long to make. I notice I’ve made more ‘lack-of-attention’ mistakes with this Shamisen. I think with the first one, I was being exceptionally careful but when I moved on to the next one, I got a feeling of confidence which made me make some […]

Last Talent Show

At our Homeschool “school” (or community), there’s a yearly talent show where the kids of all ages display their . . . talent. Every year since the beginning, we’ve played Bluegrass as our talent (we tried Shakuhachi one year but that was a sinker [if you know what I mean]).Now, Luke has already graduated but […]