Author: Hide
A Word
(Midori) I feel bad for the way that I left things with Makoto-chan and Tsutomu-kun – the look he gave me wasn’t anger at mistreating…
Late Night Waiting (Again)
It’s so late…Hajime, I’m -used- to him being out this late, but Tsutomu-kun?I sit up in the tatami room, with the screens open to catch…
Rooms
I have made lists and lists of lists and I still don’t feel like I have it all down. Guests coming in a matter of…
Changing Plans
I glance down at the note that arrived today. Yagi-san – I cannot leave the clinic for your check-up today – one doctor is out…
Away
(In another place)“Your key, ma’am. Have a good evening.”I nod, taking the thin piece of plastic from the desk clerk, and after a trip up…
Sleepy Makoto
Yawn. Roll over. Wait… IT’S SATURDAY! I can play all day. Oh no I have chores before I can play… Roll back over. Sleeeeeep. Sniff……
Nesting
Dinner was served. Makoto is in bed, and I’m in the addition, trying to figure out not only the arrangement for the upcoming guests, but…
DRAFT
We pass that house, and she is there, standing by the window. She giggles and waves at us before walking away, with a last glance…
Unexpected Visitors
I show Himura-san to the back, and invite her to sit on the engawa, where we can keep an eye on the children. “I’ll get…
Memories: Photograph
February 1880 TRAVELING PHOTOGRAPHER – IN ITO TWO WEEKS ONLY! I hold Makoto close in the February wind as I read the text of the…
Treehouse Time (Second Try!)
(Saturday Morning) I wake up and Yukiko-san is still asleep. Is it early? Daylight is just started and I don’t smell breakfast (Flashback) “There’s no…
Treehouse Time
Yukiko-san brings me home from school and I finally see it – THE LADDER. Niisan said that Chichiue put it up early this morning. He’s…
Another Year Older, But Not Wiser
So we have my birthday dinner. The children gift me with a yukata, Makoto not looking at me has she hands over the yukata and…
Futuba School Field Day!!!
We have all been impatiently waiting all day! Most of the girls in Grade 1 are going home early today because this is all for…
Getting Ready for Dinner Before Breakfast
Of course I’ve made plans for dinner tonight. Hopefully Tsutomu-kun will have something to celebrate, but The builders damaged a part of the grass but…
June 30th – Early Morning
It’s the big day… I get up early – before Hajime even – to work on the lunch for today’s big event. Upper school field…
Idle Weekends
“My dear Lady Tokio, Aizu has fallen, but in you I still see its spirit -” (Sakaya) Another long weekend… I am at a stop…
Memories: Astray
March 1867 When I arrived at the temple in the late afternoon, the sun was already low on the horizon but I had to come. …
The Visiting Doctor, Part II
Off to the Yagi – well, I suppose Yamaguchi house again. I think back to the last visit – the pup, the wolf and my…
Monday Morning Marketing
Hajime took the children to school today, and I know was set to talk to Takimi-sensei. So that leaves Yukiko-san free to go to the…
Memories: Welcome to Tokyo
“This is a nice place,” Yuunosuke said, looking around. This had been a home of a mid-ranking beaurcrat from the Shogunate days whose famliy was…
Keeping Promises
All children need to know that adults keep promises, or at least try. Thinking of the older of the two boys who will be my…
The morning after
When Kinosuke-san takes the children to school, I ask him to bring me some of the morning papers. Last night was quiet in our neighborhood……
Early Summer Nights
Makoto is off to bed, so I head up to Tsutomu-kun’s room. I’ve asked Kinosuke-san to stay downstairs for now… I’ve not talked to him,…
Saturday Lunch, Akebeko
Leaving lunch ready for Yukiko-san to cook, I make the excuse of an errand to leave the house, reminding Yukiko-san and Kinosuke-san that the police…
Memories – To Be a Girl
November 1857 Hide-chan walks carefully. Pretty kimono with long sleeves, pretty geta, and pretty hair! It’s like being a princess! I’m going to twirl! Masa…
The Next Right Thing
Dawn, a morning on the 2nd week of June I look over my accounting of Shindou Naruhodo’s visit one more time. I can’t afford despair…
Makoto Leaves a Note
(2nd week of June) I SEE WORKERS BY THE BIG TREE. They’re grown-up men but that’s okay. It’s not a secret base until kids say…
Memories: The Man Without a Name
Yagi Yuunosuke April 1869 I hate the sickroom. My father is dying, Kondou-san is dead now and the rest are -gone-. My brother is being annoying,…
After a Long Night
I go downstairs – Kinosuke-san is an early riser. I’ve not slept a bit. Last night, once I was alone, I sit down and write…
Memories: Being Useful
July 1865 I sit in the shade of a tree at the temple, on a rock that used to set off the asture garden, before…
Message from Kyoto
A telegram? From the police? My, my Hide-neesan is busy these days… I read it over. Thankfully I have nothing pressing today, and I know…
Garden Time
It’s already June. Finally I have time for the garden, to work -properly-, and on the weekends when the construction workers aren’t here is the…
Memories: An Agreement
Spring 1865, Part II My family has been kind, leaving me space to air my sadness. For the first time, I rattle around the house…
Makoto’s New Club (That She Will Not Skip!)
“Well since your mother and I can’t seem to meet in person, we’ve been exchanging letters, and I think we have a solution for the…
Memories: A Goodbye
Early Spring 1865 He’s saying goodbye. In my memories later, after the war, during those lonely years, I recall there being sakura falling. But of…
Birthday Dinner
The beef gyudon is slowly simmering itself done as I get out a stool for Makoto. I had to buy the cake at a bakery,…
A Package Arrives
I unwrap the brown paper covering a box and instead of a stack of papers, it’s … tea? A very specific sort of tea, for…
Memories – Sword Hunting
Kyoto, Fall, 1864 It’s a warm autumn afternoon, and Okita-san seeks me out. “Come, Yagi-san, let’s go out. The leaves are falling and I want…
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