Rhapsody in Blue

Sorting out old project documents,
my eyes instinctively caught
his blue-ink, hand-written comments
on a draft paper.
It was so artistic
I just couldn't throw it away


[手書き文字]

ザザっとしてて、けどトメ・ハネのメリハリはある大きめの強い字が好きで

具体的には　姉の字と　あと

「裏窓」の
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HER?"
あれ、彼の直筆ですよね？　

・・・ジミー、なぜそこまで素敵。

Enjoy the Show!

Yes I did!



...So how did you know it's my "words of wisdom" that I secretly say to myself every time something important is coming, either fun or serious, like a big meeting: I breathe in and go, "Okay Junko, enjoy the show!" or "Showtime, lady!"

I know it's just ridiculous. But at least for me it works.

Sweet as Honeysuckles

It occurred to me all of a sudden
that I'd go to an aromatherapy salon near my place.

I'm not going to go into detail here about how dreamy the 2-hour experience there was, but just one thing:

I was admiring the honeysuckles I'd seen at the salon entrance while savoring after-massage tea and a cookie.*
(*mixed herbal tea & "macrobiotic" naturally sweetened oat & fruit cookie made with soy milk, if you must know)

Then I was leaving, and the masseuse came out with me - with scissors in her hand - and casually but carefully chopped some branches off for me!

How sweet it smelt... and she was.


[うれしいを　つぎつぎと （Kirin)]

初めて訪れたのに、ハニーサックルまで頂いて。

右上：　ひねくれて撮ってみました
が　本当はこんな感じです　-> BBC Gardening

My Favorite Mistakes

4/21 Fri, 22:30

A friend of my father passed away on Thursday, one day after they played golf together.

J: "…So where is his funeral held at?"

T: "Sanda. Sanda, that's where he lives."

He's such a clumsy talker, plots far from intriguing, with no punch lines.

But "lives." The usage of the present tense instead of the past one? That mistake, which was obviously unintentional, made me feel so bitter and proud of his sincerity at the same time.


死について書くのは苦手ですが。

純：　「お葬式、どこであるの？」
隆：　「三田や。　三田に住んでるんや」とぽつり。　
切ない時制。

Rorschach Test

My house. Going up the stairs,
I point at the wooden wall.

"Can you see a pattern here?

I grew up thinking it looks like a rabbit sitting up."


この歳になっても
ウサギさんや、と一瞬立ち止まってしまうのは
まだ心が清い証拠かしら？
（ということにしとこう）