Retired Life!

My computer got broken some two weeks ago. It was an old one my husband had used before. I don't use a computer a lot and my husband and son have their own.　.So, I thought we didn't need three compurters in one family. And of course I'm living with too small pension to waste money. But soon I found I couldn't write my blog or send mails, because my husband were using the computer when I wanted to use it, usually in the evening. And so, I got a used computer for me. I'm writing this on it now. To tell the truth, I'm not sure if I use it enough, but it's good to have my own one.

Now winter is coming. Almost all the flowers and leaves in my garden are gone. We are preparing for the long and cold winter, harvesting the vegitables and crops in the vegitable garden, making pickles, cleaning the garden, and so on. Today, my grandchildren and their parents made a fire with the fallen leaves and baked the potatoes in it. It's a great fun for children. My niece who visited us today saw me and said, "You are now a traditional country woman." I don't hate this role, but it's quite different from me some years ago.

The people of America have elected Obama as the next president. I hope he will lead America to the better direction. We, Japanese people didn't choose those stupid men as our prime minisers, but we are responsible for it because we have been chosing the LDP for so long. I sometimes feel desperate.
No, no! We can't give up. Cora Weiss, an American peace activist, said in the Global Article Nine Conference "Let's be the ambassador of the Article Nine." So, I made a small sticker of the Article Nine for the New Year cards. I asked Yoko, my son's wife, to design it. When you put it on your cards, you can send the message of the Article Nine to your friends. The message is" We will never go to war. We will never take weapons." Many of my friends said it's a great idea and took some for their own cards or letters. One person put them on his notebooks, and wallet. In Japan young people are made too busy to think or act.(It's a serious prolem. Someone must be intending it and it is someone's benefit. ) So, retired old people like me, who have much time, will do something!