Settling into a Northern Kingdom

What a transition the past few weeks have been. We have finally made ourselves at home in the Kingdom of Fife. After more than twenty four hours of taxis, airports and flights, we arrived to a very warm Scottish welcome in the tiny village of Kingsbarns. Enroute, Kazuo finally made the acquaintance of his great-grandmother […]

Wardrobe Wednesday

Okay, I am a day late…but I wanted to take this brief wi-fi opportunity to say…WE MADE IT…and yesterday was a lovely if not sorta crazy day. After a load of travelling and some strange sleeping, we are in Fife and our first day was spent collecting the keys to our house, getting me mobile […]

This Moment

We go offline for a week or two from this afternoon, so I am posting early. Happy Friday everyone! {this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired […]

Wardrobe Wednesday

Well, here it is, my last Wednesday in St Louis. As per usual, Kazuo and I have ventured out to MOBOT with friends and so I managed a final shot of me and my sunny Wednesday outfits. This is also one of my favourite pieces of MOBOT garden sculpture and I wanted to have a […]

Saying a Fond Farewell

This leave taking has been going on an awful long time really…and is kinda taking it’s toll, both Kazuo and I are fighting off our own special little bugs, and we are all fairly tiredy. But in the interstices, we are still feeling very grateful for all the loveliness (much of it joyously unexpected) of […]

Packing Up and Packing It In

This last weekend was a holiday again. And for once, Akira took Labor Day off work. Of course we spent most of our Kazuo-free hours packing up for the shipping day, which is tomorrow (arrrgh…are we ready? it is gonna be a long night I think). But during our family times, we got out and […]

Wardrobe Wednesday

It’s our penultimate week in St Louis and I’ve been cramming in favourite activities, which has given me little time for online reflection again. This morning we had to take Akira to a medical appointment out west. So our usual Wednesday visit to MOBOT had to be postponed. Which meant I kinda forgot about WW […]

This Moment

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see. […]

Big Spring

Last weekend we had our first US road trip in over a year. Somehow time and other scarce resources have just meant we put off exploring more of the countryside until our departure became very imminent. We were not really in a position to venture much beyond the borders of Missouri, and we wanted company […]

Wardrobe Wednesday

This week has been really eventful and so I have struggled to get to the computer. So I find myself, on Wednesday evening, musing on things I want to write, and yet posting another of these fun posts in the interim. Hopefully tomorrow might involve some more reportage/reflections. Anyway, the day dawned stormy and rainy, […]