koto-art rebloggedruffatotmeee in #hive-141359 • 7 days agoNew Year's Preparation: Mama's Homemade Sinukmani ft. The Soft and Spongy Coconut EmbryoI will celebrate New Year with painful cramps, what a start for the New Year (╥﹏╥). 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But at least I got a haiku out of it. why won't the pain go away なぜだこの痛みまだいる nazeda kono itami mada iru ![][Haiku Photo]koto-art rebloggeddbooster in #hive-178138 • last monthHive Needs More Traffic In this post I asked people to guess on the price of BTC at 9:30 am New York Time on Black Friday with a price of 5 HSBI to the person the closest. And.... I had no takers.…koto-art rebloggedruffatotmeee in #hive-100067 • last monthPain, Pain, Go Away -Mommy D's Creamy Macaroni Soup Is Soothing My Pain Away Because of Period CrampsUsually, when I'm on my period and has dysmenorrhea, I can ignore the pain and live with itkoto-art rebloggeddbooster in #hive-193212 • 2 months agoThe Soroban’s Comeback in a Digital Age The soroban is Japan’s version of the abacus — and it’s making a comeback. 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When I was young…koto-art rebloggeddbooster in #japan • 4 months agoWhy Did Japanese Women Blacken Their Teeth? ~ Japanese Culture When you look at old portraits of Japanese noblewomen—or ukiyo-e prints, you may sometimes notice something strange: pitch-black teeth. It’s quite shocking the first time you see itkoto-art rebloggedruffatotmeee in #hive-188409 • 4 months agoLively Sunday: Cute Snail, Unscheduled Harvest Of Tomatoes Because Of Bad Uno, and My New SuitsWhat a lazy Sunday! I feel more lazier today because of the weather. But I like this kind of weather, gloomy, it makes my room more darker because my room's near the window. And…koto-art rebloggeddbooster in #hive-109288 • 4 months agoJohn Lennon, Zen, and the Plans We Never MakeWe all know the line. It may be his most famous line after all the various ones pulled from the lyrics of Imagine; John Lennon sang, “Life is what happens when you’re busy making…koto-art rebloggeddbooster in #hive-193212 • 5 months agoHokusai’s Great Wave: More Than Just a Meme It's no secret that I love Japanese woodblock prints. I usually include them in my haiku posts and even in some of my other posts. There is something very striking about even the…