A Japanese Touch for the Seasons

If you like browsing recipe and crafts (origami; bonsai; mingei, etc...), this is a delicious and delicate almanac to accompany your tired and nostalgic yearnings for old flavors and feelings... So take a day, a week, or even a year or two and celebrate in the quiet of your evenings and days...I browse through this yearly and try to do at least a few of these things...even if your local community center isn't exactly celebrating making home-made mochi for New Year or keeps rescheduling so O-Bon and Tanabata aren't on the Seventh Day of the Seventh Month...you can observe something seasonal and gentle for yourself. Have a great browsing year...and treat yourself to a wonderful seasonal poetry or cookbook to leaf through as appropriate. Try at least to enjoy the one special thing about the day, the month, the time of year that you are experiencing, and that will reflect the truth of that time uniquely, as this book suggests to me.