Behind again?

Okay, let's catch up a bit.

Friday, and a chunk of Saturday, were background. We finally heard the story of why Ako's father left the little chopstick painting craftshop and built a factory, and why Grandma has been so angry with him - with a very special resolution.
( Details for the hobgoblin of small minds . . . )

So we picked up with Soso getting a new suit - he finally has one that fits, instead of the hand-me-down that leaves his arms and legs poking out. And little brother, despite father telling uncle all about little brother's skill at painting chopsticks, announces he is quitting! And that's where it was left on Saturday.

They sure know how to leave an audience hanging.

Oops, that's not mine

Someone asked in mail about the rakugo piece I'm writing. Just in case anyone else is confused, I'm not writing an original rakugo piece. The blog entries are all based on the NHK show being presented right now on NHK called Chiritotechin. There are quite a few blog entries around in Japanese about the show, but I guess I'm one of the few writing in English about it.
( More Details for the Curiouser and Curiouser Crowd . . . )

Sorry if I misled anyone - the tales of Rakugo that I am blogging about are on TV. So I'm writing blog postings about a TV show that tells the story of a woman and other students learning to perform rakugo, which of course includes them doing performances - and not infrequently, they dramatize the rakugo stories to make it even more confusing. And when you peel the layers away, down at the middle there's some good stuff about life in Japan . . . or maybe anywhere.