How Bazaar, How Bazaar

There are very few words in the English language that contain two consecutive "a"'s. Aardvark is the only other one which comes to mind. On Sunday, Leina happened to participate in one of these rarest of words. It was the twice annual Marin County Japanese Buddhist Church Bazaar. Not to be confused with the Marin Country Japanese Buddhist Church Rummage Sale, items for which are accumulating in Leina's garage. Leina was up early and full of adrenaline. There was teriyaki involved, but mostly the afternoon involved Leina asking Auntie what she should do next, Auntie telling her, and Leina doing it. Literally dozens of people attended this event and many homemade items were bought and consumed. The day was considered a success by all involved. Somewhere one hand was clapping. Leina generously brought a selection of her vast collection of cotton kimonos for the volunteers to wear, these were spread far and wide among the volunteers -- young, old, male, female, Japanese, non-Japanese (just kidding with that last one). Sadly, not all were returned. Leina chased one man down who was trying to walk off with a kimono, but when she stopped him she realized that he was an ojichan, felt bad for him and gave him a second, nicer kimono, as well.