Since spring our son has been practicing for this year’s piano recital held yesterday at a concert hall in Fukuoka. Three piano teachers had joined together to present a three-act recital featuring performances by all of their students, each playing music of their choice. In the middle act, the teachers themselves treated the audience to
One summer project I had been planning for my son and me this year was to create movies together. Since my son loves LEGO and Star Wars, I thought they would make an excellent theme for trying our hands on some stop motion movies. We started out easy, I downloaded a stop-motion app to the
I had been a little bit wary about long summer days too hot to be outside. Are my son and I going to drive each other up the walls when our normal active life is put on hold and we spend a lot of time together indoors at home? But as it has turned out,
I start where I finished the latest post – the best thing about Fukuoka in the summer is family evenings on the beach. It has been a very hot July and beginning of August, the temperature and humidity during the day sometimes feeling unbearable, but come late afternoon and the world shows a very different
Summer holidays – many of the most fond memories I have from my childhood are from warm summer days meeting people I loved doing things I enjoyed in places I came to adore. And now, I am so fortunate as to be able to see my son making precious memories for himself. Like Friday morning,