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Help Japan! | 流された / Washed Away

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The Ongoing Nuclear Crisis. 流された / Washed Away. Stories, Impressions, and Photos from June in Northern Japan. Japan continues to need your help. I have found ways to get your money directly to the Japanese people in ways that are meaningful to them. Some examples include:. Supports children orphaned by the tsunami. (You can donate. To them directly.). Vegetable gardens for residents of temporary housing units. Malas (prayer beads) for people who lost theirs in the tsunami. The site Japan Volunteers:.

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Tohoku Earthquake diary | Jase's Odyssey

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Following the journey of some lone Aussie…. March – Friday. I arrived home at around 2pm. I had the day off that day and was sent to have a medical check up that same morning. I did some shopping, sent some letters to some friends and finished some of the loose ends I had to tie before heading back to Shibata town. I felt relaxed and thought I was going to have a pretty easy afternoon until the earthquake came. March – Sunday. It was probably one of my biggest worries. Sleeping that night was very hard s...

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Tulips and Butter: May 2010

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Enjoying the artistic side of life. Sunday, May 30, 2010. Memorial Day weekend project. This weekend I was determined to try quilting for the very first time. My dear friend Maki and I learned how to quilt from her friend one Saturday in March but since then I have not have a chance to try it. I have been collecting fabrics and been looking at them once in a while imagining what I would like to make. Wednesday, May 26, 2010. Small kitchens and an orange carrot brioche. The kitchen is where I spend a lot ...

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Tulips and Butter: Lunch Boxes (Septembern19 ~ 23)

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Enjoying the artistic side of life. Saturday, September 24, 2011. Lunch Boxes (Septembern19 23). Here are this week's bento boxes. Carrot and snow peas rice (I was going to add dried kelp but I forgot). All natural frozen mickey mouse chicken nuggets, from Costco. Japanese sweet potato with honey and sesame seeds. Japanese cooked fish sausage, cut with a butterfly cookie cutter for decoration. Korean Pancake Lunch (Tuesday). Sesame Street Lunch (Wednesday). Carrots, cut like flowers. If you click the lin...

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Tulips and Butter: July 2010

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Enjoying the artistic side of life. Saturday, July 10, 2010. Strawberries and Raspberries Picking. For the July 4th weekend my husband and I decided to take our daughter strawberry picking at a farm in Arlington. Picking strawberries is actually hard work! My daughter and I got tired easily but my husband was so excited he was out of control. Soon we had assembly line. My husband would pick the berry, I would hand them to our daughter, and she would put them in the container. Here's the catch of the day.

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Tulips and Butter: Cooking magazine

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Enjoying the artistic side of life. Wednesday, September 28, 2011. Does this ever happen to you? I feel like it happens a lot to me. Regardless, I really wanted to try out this prosciutto-wrapped pork loin cover recipe but cooking it for just one family would be too much so I invited my good friends Quynh, Daniel, and Danee to share in the bounty. I love having them over for dinner. By the way, my friend Quynh took these pictures with my camera. She is my role model. She can do everything! Thank you so m...

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Tulips and Butter: Lunch boxes photos (September 12 ~16)

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Enjoying the artistic side of life. Saturday, September 17, 2011. Lunch boxes photos (September 12 16). My daughter did much better eating her vegetables this week. I am a happy mom. Also I am getting better at packing lunch in the morning. I can pack it in about 20 minutes or so on avarage. The key is to prepare some of food the night before, use leftovers from dinner, and use frozen food wisely. Rice, Japanese version of cod fish meuniere, carrot and gobo root stir fry, broccoli, grapess. She knows the...

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Tulips and Butter: Easy Japanese Lunch

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Enjoying the artistic side of life. Thursday, May 13, 2010. A lot of my friends think cooking Japanese food is difficult or complicated. It can be, but a lot are easy to make and I would like to show you some of the simple foods I cook and hopefully get others interested in cooking them too. I had to pack lunch for us this morning but I did not have a lot of time to prepare something fancy lunch. I decided to make. If you know how to cook rice, scramble eggs, and boil water, you can make this in 30 min!

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Tulips and Butter: September 2010

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Enjoying the artistic side of life. Monday, September 13, 2010. Pain au chocolat bread pudding. Before I came to Seattle, I was not into baking. I started baking out of boredom. I didn't know anyone in Seattle and I needed to find something to do until my husband (then fiancé) came home. One day I discovered the Food Network and before I knew it I had started cooking and baking. Thank you Giada, Michael, and Ina! Now back to watching TV. One day on the Food Network show. You can get the recipe here.