We’re just back from our local shrine (Daikokuten) where we rattled the bell and had some tasty tonjiru, and Denzuin temple, where we stood in line and rang out Sin #108—the last one of the pantheon of human sins and sorrows.
Tod declared #108 as “being mad at you” but I interpreted in a broader sense of “peevish.” Because, really, I know what “being mad at you” is all about. ;-)
Afterwards we enjoyed sake and notariety as “local foreigners” before heading home to unleash a light stick on the lawn. (Tie a lightstick to a string, activate it, cut a hole in it, swing it around, enjoy the new constellations.)
Now, there seems to be a coffee in my hand and a movie waiting in the other room. Wow!
Happy New Year.
Black sheep, have you any wool?
Isn’t #108 “Choosing the wrong side?” Heehee.
Happy New Year!
Posted by: Jennifer on January 1, 2003 04:05 AMAfter we rang out #108, a group of four people came dashing up to the bell platform and were ushered up by the attendants before the long line of non-numerated people could get started.
Apparently #90 had gone missing earlier. I guess that #90 must be “being late.”
Posted by: kuri on January 1, 2003 11:09 AMHappy New Year to you both. This is a great New Year’s card!
Posted by: M Sinclair Stevens on January 4, 2003 12:16 AM