That was my take on 夕立 とか 台風.
But rain started battering on the roof around midnight today.
It's still banging.
I want to take a walk to Starbucks Kunitachi.
I haven't written a line of my two books for two weeks now.
So many 講演会＋ワークショップ that Powerpoint slides are all I can work on.
It's an interesting time though.
The NPO's 講演会＋ワークショップ is undergoing an overhaul, so to speak.
From 多読 to tadoku, if you like.
Picture books are still very, very important because they can wait.
Anime, TV shows and films don't wait.
They just go on and on forward.
My mother came back from her 体操.
She is ninety-four and still can look after herself.
Her memory has deteriorated at an alarming rate.
It's hard for her to remember some of her grand children.
And yet, she does most things for herself.
One thing she used to do but not any more is cooking.
Amazing she can tolerate my cooking.
I think she's sick and tired of cooking for more than a half century.
That's the only reason I can think of why she can eat what I prepare and not complain.
She doesn't go out at all, either.
But to my family's horror, she does go out once a month or so.
To buy her craft materials at ユザワヤ.
Which is half an hour's walk away inside 立川駅.
My wife and I, as well as her grand children, are wondering when she will forget her way home.
