You’d think Japanese small talk would be easy.
When you run into an older person, they start talking to you about the weather. All you need to do is agree with them in a pleasant way, and that’s all.
Well, it’s not that easy.
The other day, as I was taking out the trash in the morning, one of my elderly neighbors, who often takes out the trash at the same time as me, asked me the usual, […]
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“Silly” thoughts… – part 1
They may seem silly, in a way, but are they really? And then, when I have these thoughts, I often wonder how "weird" they are... Do people think things like these occasionally? 🤔 Or are these thoughts a bit more special, in a way, because they don't happen that often? Or, when they happen, maybe people brush them off, and just continue with what they were doing? I know that my brain works in "mysterious" ways, at times. That my logical way of thinking doesn't seem logical at all to most other folks? That it may even seem wrong to some, until they, possibly, find out that some things have more than one "right" way to deal with them... But yeah, I sometimes have these thoughts, and they make me stop, and pause, for a moment... So now, when I have them, I try to write a bit about them on Mastodon. 😊 And in this post, I'll use the Toots (posts on Mastodon) as well as other bits, to tell you all about my "Silly" Thoughts. This is the first post in the series (will it be a series? 😇). […]https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/16/silly-thoughts-part-1/
