Getting close to the end of the year and I am clearing out loads of things that have collected too much dust. I figure that the lack of space around the house means I have to de-clutter to maintain my sanity!　Shame that my robo-mop can’t spring clean as well as vacuum!! By the way does anyone use one of these?

Cleaning, Cleaning, Cleaning

Anyhow the past 3-4 days has been dedicated to spring cleaning the house – or autumn cleaning as the case might be.

Which means that I have scarcely had time for researching, photographing or updating my blog!

But at a quick glance stats on scribe and kimonobox are on an upward trend!

The scribe stats particularly interest me. Although they have slowed since launching a month ago, the interest is steady and the story has been published twice online already. Not something I could have achieved if it had been a print publication. There are definite advantages to cyber-books.

But I wonder how things would go if I published a book that was commercial instead of non-commercial.

Would there be sustained interest? Or would there be more interest because paying customers would value the product more because they had paid for it?

Anyone else wondering about online publication?
In asking that question, I wonder whether anyone has seen the British skit on having “your say”? Maybe my questions are part of this new wave of media…..???? Take a look!

Should I be as bold to ask what do you reckon?

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Many a time we have volunteered to clean-up around our neighbourhood. Sweeping the station early in the morning has been a regular event on a Saturday for years.

I think it is part of life in Japan that the streets are kept clean and everyone seems to put their hands to the plough so to speak.

Brush in Hand about to clean the station

Mind you I am not sure how much work this brush can do – its a bit small!

Whilst in Japan this clean up mentality has been a regular way of life in the schools, the offices and the community, it appears that the concept has spread. In Paris, Japanese expats have taken to the streets of Paris to help clean up the streets for the tens of thousands of Japanese tourists. Good for them – I am impressed!

“We want to make Paris more beautiful, at the moment it is so-so,” said Tada Osamu, a 36-year old engineer from Nara who leads the team.

this is a quote from reuters.

According to the report, despite the regular municipal cleaners who sweep the streets, the streets of Paris are still dirty.

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