Hello readers and happy Hanamatsuri to those who celebrate the birthday of the Buddha, Shakyamuni (a.k.a. Siddhartha Gautama). This past week has been crazy, mainly because we have a new addition to the family: Her name is Cherry, and she is a 12-week old pug/beagle mix that we adopted. She was abandoned by her originalContinue reading “Hamamatsuri 2023: Of Puppies and Parental Stress”