my big love is cultureing
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a absolute must if you are interested in lacto fermentation , an absolute read to study and inform you and others about a subject neglected by most people
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The music is a good mix of tempo and mood.  I feel I am transported to a place of good possibilities.
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I felt love while reading it!  I couldn't wait to try all languages. :) A MUST READ
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I am from Brazil, and Brazilian people don't like Classical Music (they just like Samba and Pagode). But I do. I love hearing Tenors and Sopranos singing, and I love singing too (I'd like to be a tenor, and I'm studying  for it). When I saw Charlotte Church the first time, on the newspaper, I  didn't wait for the CD (it would just come to Brazil in March), and I  bought it from a British site in January (sorry, Amazon :-). I loved it.  And she's beautiful! She's just perfect. And her voice... I love her from  the deep of my heart. Pedro, 14 years old.
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I feel in love with Aaron and Alana along the way.
1101598
I love the set and the person I gave the other one to loved it also.  I love the premise behind it.  It's a wonderful meaning that I love.
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We have our first American Akita, which differs from the Japonese one like "Hachiko", in far more gentile and color being smoke, white and black. Ours now is 7 years old and has had to have both knees rebuilt, despite a loving semi sheltered life. She is without a doubt far more intelligent than many of my friends (;- ). That said, hope my friends do not read this review. I have owned many dogs in my life, starting with my little dog that was a fox terrier, that I had my very first memory of, when I picked him out from the rest of the litter on my First (yup #1) birthday. I had that dog for 21 years. From then on, I owned many Labridors that were of constant companion with one exception of a "Redbone Hound" that proved to be the finest Pheasant Dog I ever saw, including TV tials.  My Akita is far beyond many humans in that she is well cognisant of how I feel or what I think. I too share that bond with her, and God I pray will help me as strong as I am, I have bonded with her and know not how it will end. I love her as stong as I love my sons, possibly stronger. They are beyond description, and one can overlook thier stuborness. She waits for me for a midnight walk at this writing on our Island night rural streets, inhabitated with various wildlife including buck deer.
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I can now read some japanese and follow anime shows with english subs. I love the Japanese culture and this has really opened a whole new world for me. If you want to learn Japanese, get this book. It is amazing. Love it. I can't wait until I start book 2.
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The love with which the author writes this memoir of his travels in Asia- in Japan, China, India, and especially in Kyoto - is warm and embracing. His Kyoto is an old friend, not taken for granted as someone known from childhood, but as a friend he meets in early adulthood and so all the more valuable and dearly beloved. I've adopted Japan as my home for 30+ years since I had turned 24, so I share many a love for places and customs with the author. I can't say I've danced in Kyoto as he has, but I've waltzed in other places in the country and can vouch for the many delights he details. I strongly recommend this book for any astute Japan traveler as well as anyone who aspires to travel in Asia.
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I am in love! The object of my affection is small, short, and translated, but my, is it wonderful. This book should really be shelved in the poetry section, for some of the lines are exquisite. The descriptions can be so captivating you have to read them twice, and the characters are good, kind, and lovable, just what is needed this time of year.

There is a plot. A young, talented, but rudderless translator meets the author whose book she is hoping to translate. The two are brought together through their love of words and by their need for love in their lives. Together they uncover a mystery: a note on a cat that leads to a young girl and a rather witch-like woman. But that is so beside the point. What the book is really about is words and language and the beauty that can be found in the perfect turn of phrase or in capturing the essence of a thing with words. Not only does an author need to find these things, but then a translator has to be able to capture the essence and style of the essence and render it into a completely different language. And to really blow your mind, this beautiful book about translation, is in translation!

But I'm gushing. In order not to ruin the book with too many of my own words, I was going to end with a few of my favorite quotes (hard chosen because the 144 pages of this book are covered in sticky notes until it resembles a hedgehog). But I was afraid that would ruin it: one person's manna and all that. So I'll just say that I hope you'll be enticed to run out and buy this Archipelago treasure. And fall a little bit in love.
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I've had my wonderful sweetheart for 12 years now. He didn't come from a close loving family like I did, and he's always said he's more comfortable with the word "like". But I've told him that "love" is "like" to the 10th degree, and that there are many more kinds of love besides romantic love. I've told him about reading "The Art of Loving' by Erich Fromm in my youth. My dearest is a very loving, kind man, and he finally understands what I mean by the word "love".

That being said, this beautiful card expresses my feelings of love for him perfectly, without being too schmaltzy. It is lovely and oversized, suitable for either a man or woman. It has lovely foil and rhinestone accents. I wish I could give it to him now, but I have to put it in my desk drawer for many months now. But when I give it to him next Christmas, instead of the usual silly cards we give each other, this will probably bring tears to his eyes, but sweet tears of love are okay with me.
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This story is narrated by a bright little girl who describes how her parents met and adapted to one another's cultures. A bright, beautiful child, the girl is blond like her American father and has beautiful Asian features she inherited from her Japanese mother.  She tells the story of how they came to sit at the family table.

An American sailor meets a woman in Japan and is instantly smitten. Their attraction is mutual; however each worries about being able to adapt to the other's culture. The sailor learns to eat with chopsticks and the woman in turn learns to eat with a knife, fork and spoon. She approaches her grandfather, a kind, scholarly man who teaches her the British way of handling western utensils. Still she worries because her fiance is American.

They meet again; their transcultural love shows they really have more common grounds than differences. Each is moved by the other's willingness to learn the other's culture and the results are heartwarming indeed.

Their daughter joins them and all readers at the Table of Brotherhood which once again proves that people really have more in common than they do differences.

This is such a wonderful book. I love it! I think it belongs in all homes and classrooms because it is an excellent example of cultural harmony and pride.
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I love The Passion Translation.  It sings and dances into my heart, and I need all the help from the Word of God that I can get.  It is a translation that makes the Word come alive, and I love it!
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When I first received this crystal, I immediately fell in love with it.  I love the soft radiance of the rosy pink shade. It definitely emits a calming, gentle vibration.  Every time I look at it, I get a very soothing sensation. I've only had this for about 10 days and I can already see the difference in my life.  I wanted to feel more unconditional love as well as give more love to the world.  After carrying the crystal in my pocket for a few days, I begin to feel more love for the world in general and more love and patience for my family and people around me.  But not only did it change how I see life, it also changed how other people see me.  My mom who always nags at me at every minute details of my life actual stopped nagging at me! Not only that, I feel a new sense of love connection coming from all members of my family.  I just enjoyed the best birthday celebration of my life with all my family members coming together to genuinely wish me well and happiness. I can only imagine many more miraculous happenings from here on out.  If you are reading this review and are wishing for more love in your life, please give this crystal a try.  You will not regret it.  I wish you all the joy and happiness.
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During my reading of the book, which was recommended by my Spiritual Director, I have felt so much closer to my love of God. My heart almost burst with love at some of the readings. If you wish to grow closer to Christ, this book is grace filled.
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The main story between 2 students is sweet but typical as a heartbroken uke finds love again with another younger student, with some angst filled moments.

I love the secondary story between their 2 teachers who have been together for 15 years. Now this one is credible and moving and I am delighted the mangaka also gave us a chapter on how these 2 teachers found each other so many years ago ending on such a touching note 15 years later. The effervescent uke contrasting with the solemn yet vulnerable seme is refreshing. Wish this one is the main story.
Lovely style from this mangaka.
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When I picked up Na Mo'oleo Lomilomi at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, I had no idea what I treat I was in for.  As a massage practitioner who works from the heart, it struck every resonant cord in my body.  Somehow, after reading this book, I was given permission to take my work to a higher level.  The intuition, the knowing, the love just expanded.  I so very much appreciate this book and share it with everyone who is interested in this work.

Bless you Makana Risser Chai ... you are my Angel.

Robin Garrison

Maui, Hawaii