on July 30, 2020

This is one of my favorite flowers
Four o'clock, オシロイバナ in Japanese.

I guess you all know this flower.

オシロイバナ has rural beauty, doesn't it?

How I long for the days gone by,
when koharu and I took out おしろい
from the seeds of オシロイバナ!

koharu, my granddaughter, was 3 years old
and I was 60!

Do you see オシロイバナ in Sapporo, koharu?

on July 19, 2020

How are you, everybody?
I hope you are all good.

As for me, the problem is--
that I am not getting enough sleep,
that I have a little appetite,
that I I'm constantly worrying about something
and that I feel very lonely and uneasy
when I am in the apartment alone.

I know I must admit I'm getting old.
But I'm sure I'll soon be all right.

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By the way, I read in the radio English textbook
that the following slogans 3S were coined by
Andrew Cuomo, Governor of the state of New York.

★Stay Home
★Stop the Spread
★Save lives.

How about 3Cs? By WHO?

★Closed spaces with poor ventilation
★Crowded places with many people nearby
★Close-contact setting such as close-range conversations

I know the important thing is
that we should keep
these slogans 3S and 3Cs.

the community café

The community café, 100-yen café,
for the elderly people reopened on July 1st
according to the following rules:

★You must not move 5 tables and 12 chairs
in the room.
★You must always wear a mask.
★At the entrance you must disinfect your fingers
with rubbing alcohol.
★You can stay in the room for one hour.
★You can’t use the restroom in the café.

This afternoon, I went to the café for the first time
in 3 months.

I was expecting to see regulars.（常連客）

There were two volunteer waitresses----no customers!

Then a lady came in and we enjoyed talking for an hour.

I’m glad the community café reopened.

But I understand most elderly people are afraid of
catching coronavirus, so it will take quite a while
for the café to be filled.