care package

The box of goodies I sent from Nagoya, including snacks and toys for the kids as well as a variety of furikake and other trinkets arrived quite a bit faster than I had expected... in just over a week.

Among them is a recent book of illustrated diary entries by 94 year old Masazo Takenami, who has diligently kept a continuous "enikki (picture diary)" for over 56 years. (This TV show segment talks about him getting published.)

I am deeply and profoundly humbled...