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やれ年末、やれ忘年会。忙しい時期に教会でクリスマス・イヴのキャンドル・ライト礼拝は心が安まるひとときになります。どなたでもどうぞ。ペアーでも、家族でも、お一人でもどうぞ。

前橋近辺の方は是非県庁の近くの前橋教会に是非きて下さい。教会のリンクに地図と礼拝案内があります。お待ちしています。

She’s home–again. The girl we thought had left home for good.

Like the bread crumbs Hansel and Gretel left in the forest, like a dog marking it’s territory, her things–earrings, wallet, keys, money, clean and dirty laundry–make a path from her room, through the entry hall, into the living room, once around the dining room and across the  sofa bed where she insists on camping.

She has jet lag, which means she is ready for conversation first thing in the morning. Our quiet mornings are shattered–for the time being, as we reluctantly  (or not) do as we are told.

Shin1さんのブログでここにたどりついた方、ようこそ！

このブログは英語であったり、日本語であったりしますが時々のぞきに来て下さい！

前橋にはこんな小さな会社もがんばっています。 よろしくお願いします。

来年の3月、是非正田醤油スタジアムで会いましょう。Shin1さんと元気応援しています。2011年こそ、ザスパが夢の「一桁」順位を獲得できますように。

Author Nobuko Takagi has been visiting Asian countries as a part of her Soaked in Asia (SIA) Project in conjunction with the the University of Kyushu, “soaking in” the culture and meeting fellow writers. For each country, Takagi has written a short story which is first published in a  magazine (Shincho) and then posted on her blog. The final country she visited was Indonesia, and her last short story is “Fragrant Harum Diary,” set in Bali.

I’ve been honored to translate six of the ten short stories, all available in both English and Japanese on the SIA blog, including “Tomosui” (set in Thailand) winner of the most recent Kawabata Yasunari Literature Award.

Short stories are a special pleasure to work on because they offer a “literature experience,” without having to complete an entire book over several months. Ms. Takagi’s stories have been extra special because they have given me a taste of countries I’ve never been to.

I think my personal favorite was “The Chili Pepper Sisters,” a story  that starts out philosophically on a Korean farm and ends hilariously–in a ○○○ at Narita Airport.