On Our Way to Kyoto/Nara (Patreon)

Hey there, You Alls!  

The last couple weeks have been something, and I mean, Something. I did get the Asahi Newspaper story finished and sent in. Wew! 

But, also, my father-in-law passed away this past Wednesday and that's so incredibly sad. Japanese funerals are very...mmm, let me find the correct words later, but there is a lot for the family to do. The body is taken to the house and in this case stayed for four days, then he's moved to the funeral place, the wake was done there, the funeral the next day. The funeral itself was six to seven hours because the ceremony before the cremation, waiting while cremated, the ceremony afterward and bringing the ashes home. He was the one of the kindest, genuinely sweetest souls I've ever met. 

In other news, today (like five minutes from now) we're heading out to Kyoto and Nara. Lots of research, photos, audio to be had. I'm quite excited. 

Instead of updating here every half hour and potentially bothering people for three days, we're going to put little updates and photos over on Discord. 

There's Patron's Only -- Behind the Scenes chanel that we'll be updating to regularly. It's not public, only you all can see it. Here I will probably put up those little short video clips (they're easy to do on the phone), and when I get back to my computer I'll sort everything and put up something more comprehensive. 

I'll end with a photo of my very handsome (looks like movie star) father-in-law when he was younger and another of him playing with Julyan when Julyan was little. 

More soon, XOXO,

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