New Red Hats
Yesterday as I was cutting through the grounds of Zojo-ji temple, I noticed that all the Jizo-sans had bright new hats. In all the time I’ve been going there, they’ve never gotten new hats all at once.
I don’t know why they suddenly all got new hats at once. But even the ancient ones whose weathered caps were more faded and mossy every time I visited looked happy this time.
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While strolling amongst the new red hats, Jonelle Patrick writes novels set in Tokyo
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Writing mystery books set in Tokyo is mostly what I do, but I also blog about the odd stuff I see every day in Japan. I'm a graduate of Stanford University and the Sendagaya Japanese Institute in Tokyo, and a member of the International Thriller Writers, the Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters In Crime. When I'm not in Tokyo, I live in San Francisco. I also host a travel site called The Tokyo Guide I Wish I'd Had, so if you're headed to Japan and want to check out the places I take my friends when they're in town, take a look!
As a maker of hats for charity, this makes me happy.
Somehow it doesn’t surprise me a bit that you keep your hands busy doing a lovely thing for others. What kind of hats do you make, and for which charity?
Loom knitting mostly. Our group here (Hugger Hats) has a lot of groups, homeless, cancer patience, infants,etc. The library is going to have a group shower for new and pregnant moms, local. I’m making a lot of stuff toys for them, too. It’s so much fun!
That is so so so excellent. There are few better things in life than getting together with a bunch of other women and making stuff, especially if what you’re knitting/sewing/quilting goes to make someone else’s life better too. The things carry with them a little of that warmth, I think.
There’s a wonderful volunteer group called Knitted Knockers who knit knockers for women who’ve had mastectomies. Maybe this is how they practice.
I recently saw something on those righteous wimmin! Indeed, the patterns would be similar…