Dave Mori emailed me a few weeks ago, asking me to keep December 26 free. In the UK, the day after Christmas Day is Boxing Day, which you usually spend with family or perhaps going to a special show. Richard and I usually lie around exhausted after our mammoth Christmas Day celebrations, reading books we [...]

I’ve just arrived in the UK for some Japan friends’ wedding on New Year’s Day. I always get a bit anxious before flying long-distance, especially since my strokes. Before the hole in my heart (PFO) was found, I suffered from deep vein thrombosis years ago after a long flight, and ever since then I have [...]

I’m just getting everything ready before heading off to the UK tomorrow for a wedding, and promised myself I would do one thing this year if it was the last thing I did! I am inviting 20 very special women to a very special brunch in January. Why? Because when I first came to Japan [...]

We had such a lovely Christmas Day yesterday! Richard and my friend Jud did all the shopping on the 23rd, then Richard and I prepared Christmas dinner for an amazing eleven hours on Christmas Eve! I always love that day that we spend together preparing lots of different kinds of food for our guests. This [...]