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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 4h

Someone told me that my dog looks like Rod Stewart, especially from the back. I have to admit…I do see it. (My pup is much cuter, though.)

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

I’m wondering if it’s connected to all the recent data breaches? Maybe the JMA was hacked? Never settle for the most likely explanation of human error, when you can come up with a conspiracy theory.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I vowed that I had officially retired from chocolate-covered banana duty at our neighborhood festivals, but...the bananas called me back.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Autumn grass plumes in the middle of Tokyo’s urban jungle — growing wild next to the Yamanote line train tracks near Harajuku.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A building far ahead of its time -- Yoyogi National Stadium, designed by Kenzo Tange for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. When Tange won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1987, the citation described the stadium as “among the most beautiful buildings of the 20th century."

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

And I got to bring home some of the flowers, too!

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I attended a beautiful wedding today. The weather was clear and sunny, after yesterday's typhoon.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The warning announcements over the loudspeakers were only in Japanese — they usually also have English, but not this time.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I thought the pop artist Peter Max had already died years ago, but apparently, that was incorrect. However, it became correct as of this week. I found this in a box at my dad's, a while back. I believe I got this children's embroidery kit for my birthday in 1971. Far out! Groovy!

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Most fine jewelry stores do repairs! Look for small, family-owned places. (I admit I was a little embarrassed bringing in my glass beads to be restrung at a store that sells exquisite gemstones.)

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

(This is NOT a sponsored post. I'm just really grateful that shops like this still exist.)

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Whenever the string broke on one of my necklaces, I used to think, "I can easily restring it myself when I have time!" And then over the years, my collection of broken necklaces grew. Paying a shop to restring them for me is really worth it. Thanks again, Jewelry Opera! jewelry-opera.jimdofree.com

jewelry-opera.jimdofree.com

原宿ジュエリーオペラ

ブラームスジュエリーリペアブライダルリフォーム原宿

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My weekend trip to Kyoto was far too quick, and I didn't have time to meet up with anyone but family this month. But at least I got some great Okinawan food at Goya.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

“Did someone drop a wig?” Our puppy’s adult coat has grown in. As we mourn the recent loss of our elderly dog, we’re profoundly grateful that we adopted this floofy goof in June.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I'm not sure who to credit -- besides Hokusai & Kusama Yayoi -- because I found this image many years ago on what was then Twitter.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

2) The jam is nice to eat while enjoying my Uncle Gene's latest poetry collection, "Watch Us Burn: Poems for a Lost Earth" (Kelsay Books). Alas, there's not enough jam in the world to offset ongoing environmental destruction...but at least there's enough for me to eat while I read the poems.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

THINGS I WAS RECENTLY GIFTED. 1) Mystery jar! I had no idea what this was. I sampled it before I looked it up, expecting something salty...but it's coconut jam! It's apparently very popular in Singapore. I can barely restrain myself from eating all of it straight out of the jar with a spoon.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I just realized I left a letter off the song lyrics: 写真には写らない美しさがあるから

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Thanks. I hope she knew how loved she was.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Linda Sone - Born around 2009(?) - Adopted from アニマルレフュージ関西 - ARK on Aug. 28, 2016 - Passed early in the morning on Aug. 20, 2026 She was a very good girl — named after the Blue Hearts’ song, “Linda Linda.” “写真には映らない美しさがあるか”

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Taken from 三条大橋, Kyoto. My husband & I used to walk along this river when we were first dating….more than 40 years ago.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

It’s that time of year again. Okuribi — lighting the mountain fires in Kyoto to say goodbye to the souls of the departed as they return to Heaven.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Well, there are a few stones…but yeah.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I’m in Kyoto. I took this photo yesterday, overwhelmed by the peaceful scene of people enjoying nature.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Mystery object from my previous post: I’m giving it a trial as a knife holder.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The next oddities were at my favorite charity shop in Kyoto, in a bin marked "FREE." They look like something I would have crafted from popsicle sticks as a child, but they're solidly made from bamboo fastened with metal attachments. What the hell are they? Does anyone have any idea?

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Random oddities! I found this necklace at a Tokyo flea market. It appears to be made of olive pits. The seller was offering it for 500 yen, but she cut it to 300. (She seemed eager to get rid of it. Maybe it's haunted by the ghost of someone who loved eating olives?) I wish I knew their story.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Praying for friends — and for everyone — in and around Kumamoto. Preliminary magnitude 7.1. (We didn’t feel it in Tokyo. We’re fine. But it looks bad down there….)

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I finally achieved the required length to donate my hair to a charity that makes wigs for cancer patients -- so it was time to CHOP THE MOP. Thanks as always to Osaka-san at Sakasita Weed, for another amazing cut!

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

As Japan now bakes under a heat wave, I'm enjoying looking back to just a few weeks, when the temperatures were much lower and the hydrangeas were still in bloom. An old friend of mine and I spent the day in Uji. We checked out Mimurotoji (三室戸寺), which supposedly has over 20,000 hydrangea bushes.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Today I learned that *sparkling* Cloudy Bay exists. Imagine not knowing!

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

My uncle lives in Arizona, a state facing a long drought.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This old house next to Yoyogi-Uehara station is still there! I took a photo of it — because the next time I head out that way, it might not be.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

This meme is brilliant because it's in the same style as Tokyo's iconic posters promoting good subway manners.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

It works extremely well. But I need to do a complete water change soon, because she just laid some eggs (and ate them) and not even a powerful filter can handle that. I’m waiting a few days in case she releases some more, but I will thoroughly clean the murky water before it starts to smell.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Someone asked me in message about my turtle’s filter arrangement. When she grew to the size of a Kaiju, I upgraded to a large canister filter:

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I’m still not over the dog we lost in September, and my plan was to wait a while and think very carefully about whether we would get another pooch. But this opportunity suddenly came up. I heard fate calling, and I decided to answer.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Two weeks ago today, we began a trial adoption with this goofy little floof. We wanted to make he sure that he wouldn’t give our senior dog too much stress. Fortunately, she’s decided to completely ignore him, probably hoping he’ll just go away. He won’t, though — we’re smitten.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The tank is cloudy because she also somehow managed to disconnect the water tube on her filter.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Kameko, our turtle, somehow moved a very heavy BRICK across her tank. How?!?! And WHY?!?! This month marks 15 years since I found her in the street. She will probably outlive us all.

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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I don’t know. I am the same unsophisticated person as ever.

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