Every week, I go to the orthopedic clinic for hip rehabilitation. On my way home, I get off at Yumegaoka Station and stop by the comfortable mall at Soratos. I enjoy the treatment, shopping, exercise, and meals. So, I would say even going to the doctor can be fun. (Michiko)
This is a pottery cup I made in Hawaii about 35 years ago. As time passes, the green color seems to come alive, developing a rich, aged texture. (Michiko)
3/11 Day and 9/11 Day. The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks occurred in the United States. Planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York. Ten years later, on March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami occurred. I lived in Hawaii, so I didn’t experience either of them in person. However, everyone watched the footage of them with heart-pounding shock. In our daily lives, we do and say things that make others sad, no matter how small the thing, and there is nothing more sad than that. If we do this unconsciously, it may be more difficult to focus on the unpleasant things and change them. But we want to believe in tomorrow and shine in the present. (Michiko)
I made sweet potato pancakes. The ingredients are sweet potato, sake lees, Kinako (soybean flour), ginger, sweet potato boiled water, milk, egg, rice flour pancake mix, and olive oil. It might look plain, but it was incredibly delicious! (Michiko)
I made amazake using sake lees. Once the sake lees have melted in a pot, I add chocolate marshmallows cut in half. Put the rum in a teacup and pour amazake. It was delicious! (Michiko)
I received the invitation to an exhibition of Tsuzuki Seiko-san’s posthumous works. It will be held at Ai Gallery in the Okuno Building in Ginza, Tokyo. At her last solo exhibition in 2019, my husband and I were invited by Seiko-san, and we went to meet her at the gallery diagonally opposite the Akamon Gate of the University of Tokyo in Hongo, Bunkyo Ward, where we purchased a work titled “Heloniopsis orientalis”. Flower language is “Hope, Unforgettable”. I’m sure Seiko-san is creating what she loves in heaven. I hesitate to go all the way to Ginza alone at this time. These photos are from her 2019 solo exhibition in Hongo and the work my husband and I purchased. Although it appears delicate at first glance, it is filled with beautiful vitality. I think my husband, Shuzo chose this piece because he was attracted to the two flowers standing side by side, like us. (Michiko)