Greetings dear Chroniclers,Do you enjoy venturing out to see the lights for Christmas and holiday displays? It's my favorite winter outing.In 2024, my husband and I spent time in Japan in early December. Hard to believe that was already a year ago. J...

Greetings dear Chroniclers,Are you looking forward to Halloween, too? I have candy ready for the trick-or-treaters. (And I'm doing well so far at not snitching any!) The weather should be good for our neighborhood kids this year, so I stocked up wel...

Greetings dear Chroniclers,Spooky season is upon us! So I thought I'd share some of my favorite Japanese ghosts from one of the best English resources Matthew Meyer's yokai.com.The first is fudakaeshi, a ghost who tempts people to remove the protecti...

Greetings dear Chroniclers,In my crafting time, I've been working my way through the tutorials from The Green Wrapper for coasters done with sashiko embroidery. They're a relaxing, quick, useful project. If you'd like to join me in this venture, her...

Greetings dear Chroniclers,The weather is finally cooling off and jaunts outside are really enjoyable. A few trees are starting to turn and it reminds me of my last trip to Japan. So I'll share a few photos of the lovely color I saw at Date Masamune'...