I am sitting, it is hot, the wind isn't blowing, the air is sitting too... the cicadas are calling, I am listening, I am sweating, the sweat is dripping... I can hear them, can they hear me? do they care? I am so hoooot..... sweat (n): 汗 poem: 詩 sit, sitting: 座る、座っている the air is sitting:　空気が動かない意味（ 空気が座っている） wind: 風 blow: 吹く cicada(s): 蝉 call: 鳴く listen: 聞く sweating (v): 汗をかく (動詞) drip: 滴り落ちる hear: 聞く care: 気にかける

I am going to try some new things this school year.... First is this website! I call it the Tsubame Traveler. I like that name. It is cool name but also it describes us! I want to encourage students to think about travelling. We all travel in our small towns and cities. We travel to school, work, restaurants, shops, etc. However, I want to think about the big world outside of Niigata, too. I hope we will all become travelers! I will try to write something here a couple of t