February 10, 2021
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My second middle grade novel, Beyond Me, set in west Tokyo during the aftershocks of The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, has been awarded a Freeman Award honorable mention for Young Adult/Middle School Literature by The National Consortium for … Continue reading
September 7, 2020
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A year ago this cat came to our neighbor’s garden. I noticed his ear was clipped which meant that he was a male and he had been neutered. So, it was okay (legal) to feed him. We named him Milo. … Continue reading
June 30, 2020
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Last February, I was so thankful to have finished the final galleys of my second verse novel, Beyond Me, based on our experience of the aftershocks in west Tokyo from the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami of 2011. … Continue reading
June 9, 2020
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I see birds everywhere in west Tokyo. They are in my garden and in the farmer’s fields outside our windows. Before the pandemic, I walked to the grocery store or to the station every day so I would see them … Continue reading
March 16, 2020
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This morning a group of children from a nearby daycare center in west Tokyo was out enjoying a walk. Some schools have closed. Check and follow the guidelines from your country’s department of health or its center of disease … Continue reading
June 19, 2017
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Officially, it is the rainy season. It hasn’t rained much yet. But look at these two big raindrops on the taro in a flowerpot on the balcony. The farmer who farmed the fields near our house gave us a big … Continue reading
March 28, 2013
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Way up high, it looks like the beginnings of a tree house. But it’s a crow’s nest! She arranges the twigs and metal pieces. It doesn’t look very comfortable! She had picked up hangers from balconies and these from the fields. … Continue reading
March 21, 2013
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The sakura trees are not quite in full bloom in our neighborhood park. But blossoms are falling. Not petals, whole blossoms. Brown-eared bulbuls again! They were eating magnolia blossoms along the streets earlier this month. Look at the pollen on … Continue reading
March 12, 2013
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Something’s been eating the magnolia (Magnolia liliiflora) and making a mess. It’s a brown-eared bulbul, hiyodori (Hypsipetes amaurotis) Read more: Birdlife.org— Brown-eared Bulbul Japan Times–Brown-eared Bulbul
January 25, 2013
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My December photo of a mejiro, Japanese White-eye, is a recognized entry in Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s “No Bird Left Behind” challenge! Author Susan Taylor Brown is on the list as well! The bird’s name or classification in Latin is … Continue reading