www.wordmagix.com/images... a photo of the "ships" that carrythose who died this year to the spirit world.

getting to attend events like Obon. Lantern, firecrackers, dancing, sorrow, squid-on-a-stick, sno-cones, incense, chanting...just amazing!

she can get up early tomorrow...all this being awake until 5am is not so good for the waking up.

she wasn'

www.wordmagix.com/images... an image of my friend heading for the water, with hat, shirt, long gloves and shorts over her bikini!

the day she had today - sapphire skies, warm turquoise water,vivid green hills with stairstep rice paddies - and fabulous company!

she didn't have to go to the beach in 96 degree humid, cloudy weather, but I can't miss this experience. 5 Japanese women going to the beach

she didn't give a shit about the stupid karma

this frozen neckscarf thing the Japanese women use to combat the insane heat. What I thought was a whiplash collar is just personal cooling!

this Karma nonsense...it makes me not want to sign in to Plurk, because when I see the "down arrow" it makes me feel guilty.