Yesterday I went to Okuda San’s apartment for stitching. She had invited one of her friends to come and join us. It turned out that we were already acquainted. Her friend was the woman whose car was stuck in the snow and gave Ted the little desserts after he helped her get out. We all live in the same apartment building.
We haven’t had a language problem stitching because we are able to show what we want to communicate with the needle and thread. I could show them that the stitches always cross in the same directions and watch to see that they understood and were doing it. Sometimes we resort to the Japanese-English, English-Japanese dictionary to communicate other things, such as Okuda San telling me that her son is at the mischievous age or that this Friday is a holiday called “Eve of Spring”. They are going to continue working on their bookmarks and our Circle is going to get together again next week.
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