This is my lovely wife who happened to sit down in very nice light.
Family
On my way to Cambodia
I’m heading for Cambodia again. Most of the time I’ll be at the place in the picture above hanging out with about 70 kids orphaned by AIDS and, for many of them, living with HIV. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone there and to understanding what new lessons are in store for me. We’re planning to make and launch soda bottle water rockets! I can’t wait. Stay tuned for an update and photos.
My daughter and her larvae
Each summer Japanese kids go to neighborhood shops and fancy department stores and come home with their very own stag beetles. Some have giant pincers; others have horn-like mandibles. Hundreds of thousands of these beetles are imported from China, but they are also native to Japan. The real diehard beetle lovers raise them from egg to full size which can take years.
We are raising 13 Kuwagata larvae which grow up to have a pair of large pincers that look capable of cracking opon a peanut. One of the preschool families was kind enough to dig dozens of larvae out of their compost pile for all the kids. (Luckyyyy!)
All they do for months and months is eat dirt and poop. Everyone once in awhile we have to replace the soil, otherwise they won’t have anything left to eat except sh–econds.That’s what Reia and I did today, as you can see above. Click the pictures to see them full size!
My daughter’s portrait of Angela Aki
I’d really like to post a recent photo, but I haven’t had time to go shoot any…
Reia is a bigtime fan of Angela Aki. All of my daughters can sing Tegami from start to finish (Aki’s hit song from last year). Now Reia is teaching herself how to play it on the piano. I’ll post a video when I have time to edit it.
If you don’t know who Angela Aki is, you can check her out on YouTube here.
Mari Singing Ponyo with her Sock Monkey
Posting videos of my kids singing is pure self-indulgence. I’m hope you’ll enjoy it as least halff as much as I do. Anyone who lives in Japan doesn’t need an introduction. For everyone else, Ponyo is the hit song from the hit animated movie of the same name.