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感謝の日

みんな,ごめんなさい！先々週疲れていて、訂正するのを忘れていました。そして先週父はいくつかの心臓発作、病院へ行きました。医者はブロックされた動脈を取り除き、ステント11番を挿入した。彼はよく癒しています、でも非常に過敏です。
アメリカで今日は感謝の日です。感謝の日は収穫祭です。伝統的に人々は、彼らが何に感謝しているかを言います。あなたの助けにLang-8の友達に感謝します。あなたたは今日私が感謝していることのひとつです。私の犬パンダベアーにも感謝し、健康は徐々に改善しています。
母は、ポケモンが感謝の日のために特別なピカチュをリリースするかどうか尋ねました。私は巡礼者ピカチュウを想像した。 可愛いじゃない？

Sorry everyone! The week before last I was tired and forgot to make corrections. Then last week my father had several heart attacks and went to the hospital. The doctors cleared a blocked artery and inserted stent #11. He is healing well, but is very irritable.
Today in the U.S. it’s Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a harvest festival. Traditionally people say what they’re thankful for. Thank you Lang-8 friends for your help. You are one of the things I’m grateful for today. I am also thankful for my dog Panda Bear and that my health is slowly improving.
My mom asked if Pokemon Go would release a special Pikachu for Thanksgiving. I imagined a pilgrim Pikachu. Wouldn’t that be cute?

Bday 💖, Walkin’ in the Rain, and Musings on Needlework and Writing

Today’s post is a bit of a mixed bag. 🙂

🎁First, a very happy birthday to my bestie and science editor, Mad Doktor Matt! Many happy returns! 🎂 Matt has helped me brainstorm the biology of my supernatural beings over many lengthy conversations. He helps me stay true to the science and decide when to depart from (known) reality. He’s also a fantastic first reader and support! Much love to you, my friend!

Today I took a walk in the rain. In yesterday’s Japanese post I mentioned my pain doc gave me some good advice. As it gets darker, I start getting the urge to hibernate. He said I could combat my sleepiness with daily walks. The mornings are best because there’s more light.

I like to hunt Pokémon as I walk. I had a lucky day, snapping up a Bellsprout and a Mareep. I stopped at a nearby church to take over the gym and I noticed how beautiful this flower looked in the rain.

The glam-shot quality comes from the sandwich bag I used to keep the rain off my iPhone. Anyone know what kind of flower this is?

I also wanted to share that I’ve started my next cross stitch project. This one will be a wedding gift for my friend and Matt’s sister, Julie. Julie is a phlebotomist and has given me lots of details about blood and how the collection system works. These are vital details for any vampire-centric novel, in my opinion.

I’m keeping the painting I’m stitching a surprise. I can tell you that it’s a max color chart by Heaven and Earth Designs, which means it contains over 200 colors!

I’m trying the Floss-A-Way organization system this time and I really like it. The system consists of rings like those in a binder and small ziplock bags with a hole in one corner. I cut up the list of symbols and DMC floss numbers. Then I taped one on each bag. This makes it really easy to flip through and find the color I’m looking for. I can also keep lengths of thread neatly tucked away with their skeins. Really helpful for such a large project!

This is my first time stitching on 25-count linen (which means there are 25 stitches per inch). So tiny! Most of the design will be very colorful, but the corner I’m starting with is dark. There are four colors of thread in this picture. Can you find them all?

Challenging, right? As I was stitching today I thought how much it’s like writing a novel. Small, consistent additions add up over time and what starts out amorphous and murky turns into a beautiful whole.

日常のある一日

今日私は毎月の診察のために、ペインクリニックに行きました。この外出は私の犬、パンダベアにとっては長すぎるです。彼女は家にいなければならず、悲しんでいました。私が家に帰った時、彼女は私をキスして覆いかぶっさった。私は彼女がいなくて寂しかったが、それは面白い旅行だった。私の医者から良い助言を得ました。今日、私たちは美しい秋の天気を楽しみながら、屋外で会いました。それから、スターバックスでアイスティーを購入して、ポケモン・ゴーをしました。急襲してテンタクルーをやっつけるために三回試みた。毎回、非常に近づくのですが、いつも勝つことができませんでした。あんたはポケモン・ゴーをしますか？
その後、後でコートハンガーから彫刻を作っている男に会った。彼に何ができるのか尋ねた。彼が「なぜあなたは知りたいのですか」と答えたとき、私は驚きました。
「興味があるから」と言った。
「兵士だよ。」
「すごい。頑張って仕上げてください。」
「なぜですか？あなたがこれを仕上げますか？」
「いいえ。早く完成させて、あなたが目標を達成できることを願っている。」
「もし私がそれを終わらせなければ、どうしますか？」彼は好戦的に続けた。
「それは偉大な彫刻のように見えるので、それは悲しいだろう。」
彼はついに笑って喜んだように見えた。面白いやり取りだった。

Today I went to see my pain doctor for my monthly checkup. It’s too long a trip for my dog, Panda Bear, to accompany me. Therefore she had to stay home and was sad. When I came home she covered me with kisses! Even though I missed her, it was an interesting trip. I got good advice from my doctor. We met outdoors today, enjoying the beautiful Fall weather. Afterward I got iced tea from Starbucks and played Pokemon Go. I tried three times to beat a Tentacruel in a raid. Every time I got very close, but I couldn’t win. Do you play Pokemon Go?
Later I met a man who has been making a sculpture from coat hangers. I asked him what it was going to be. I was surprised when he answered, “Why do you want to know?”
“I’m just curious,” I said.
“It’s a soldier.”
“Cool. Good luck finishing it.”
“What? You’re going to finish it?”
“No. I hope you finish quickly and achieve your vision.”
“What if I don’t finish it,” he continued belligerently.
“That would be sad because it looks like it will be a great sculpture.”
He finally smiled and seemed pleased. It was an interesting conversation.

🐺🎃Happy Halloween!🕷👹

Happy Halloween, dear readers!

I had an encounter this evening that shows the power of a good storyteller. My parents don’t hand out candy. I think it’s a little bah humbug of them, but since it’s their house I play along. We keep the front of the house dark to discourage trick or treaters, but one or two always stop by anyway.

Tonight I opened the door to a maybe-twelve-year-old bride of Dracula. After she’d gushed over Panda Bear and said the traditional “trick or treat”, I said, “Goblins ate all our candy. Sorry.”

She gasped softly and her eyes went wide. “Really?” she whispered.

I nodded solemnly.

She left totally convinced my candy hoard had been wiped out by goblins. Point to the storyteller. 🎃

A gorgeous, orange, perfect Halloween sunset.

A gorgeous, orange, perfect Halloween sunset.

I took Panda for a walk this evening (before the above encounter) and was treated to a gorgeous orange sunset, perfect for Halloween Night. I’m so pleased I was able to capture it with the sun right in the pocket.

While we walked I played Pokémon Go. As I suspected, there are more creepy Pokémon out in honor of Halloween, even more than during the rest of the Halloween event. I was stoked to finally get enough candy to evolve my Onix into a Steelix, its special evolution. In fact, tonight was an evolution bonanza! I also caught two witch Pikachu and hatched two Cleffa, who are among my favorite Pokémon. Cleffa’s ears remind me of Princess Leia. 🙂

While I was hunting Pokémon, I checked out neighborhood decorations. This yard is one of my favorites this year:

My favorite neighborhood yard decorations this season.

My favorite neighborhood yard decorations this season.

I also spotted this cat pumpkin and instantly gave it my Most Creative Pumpkin Award (made up on the spot 😁):

Winner, Most Creative Pumpkin Award 2017.

Winner, Most Creative Pumpkin Award 2017.

I hope you all have a happy and safe All Hallows’ Eve! Enjoy this amazing fan music video combining The Lord of the Rings and “All Souls Night” by Loreena McKennitt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhuDlxK04dU