Everything AND the Kitchen Sink
The house is coming along. Nicely! It is taking longer than expected. Well not really, but I was hoping it would be all done already. But some delay in getting the materials (not that I am...
View ArticleProjects, Donations, Collaborators and a message from Jamie.
You might have noticed some new tabs on the site. You might not have. Either way, this is a friendly nudge from Jamie. Go ahead, check out the new stuff. The Projects tab is pretty self-explanatory....
View ArticleHot Water
This piece of news deserves it’s own blog post. There are three other posts in the work, some which are incredibly overdue. But this one trumps them all. For the first time since June, I am living in a...
View ArticleWinter is coming..
Ever since watching Game of Thrones this summer when I was in the UK, anytime someone said “Winter is coming” I would secretly (sometimes not so secretly) giggle to myself. The House of Stark family...
View ArticleIshinomaki – Then and Now.
This is a really good short documentary by Paul Johannessen, on life in Ishinomaki since the Tsunami. It gives a very real picture of what life is like for a lot of people after the Tsunami, and some...
View ArticleA volunteer’s perspective (GB – 1 of 2)
Over winter vacation we were lucky enough to have a large amount of volunteers come up to Ishinomaki to help out. Some of these volunteers happen to have a talent for writing, and did a write up of...
View ArticleA volunteer’s perspective (GB – 2 of 2)
Over winter vacation we were lucky enough to have a large amount of volunteers come up to Ishinomaki to help out. Some of these volunteers happen to have a talent for writing, and did a write up of...
View Article(Almost) One year on
Not since my last entry, since I first came to Tohoku. Actually, there’s still a few weeks to my “official” first time came to Tohoku date. So why even make this post, when I’ve obviously been so...
View ArticleHappy birthday
To INJM. Or at least, to this website. The first post on this site (which can be found by clicking here) was made a year ago. INJM has no official birthdate (we were registered first as a volunteer...
View ArticleJune recap
Hi everyone! I know not everyone likes to look at Facebook (if you’re one of those people who have managed to resist joining Facebook, kudos to you, you’re stronger than I am), so for you people,...
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