今日ご紹介するのは津山市総社にある《美作総社宮》です。

こちらのご祭神はオオナムチノミコト。大国主命の最初のお名前ですね。

こちらはご本殿が津山市の重要文化財で、とても美しいです。

わたしのお気に入りは裏側。拝殿でご挨拶してから裏へまわると石垣があって、そこに座りご本殿の裏側にむかって神様とお話をするんです。

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My planner is one of those simple ring binder journals you can pick up from any stationery supplies store. White paper. No ruled lines to cage my venturesome handwriting and doodling. I’m an obsessive note-taker and fill pages to the margins with to do lists, rough sketches, and ideas for blog posts. I usually go through one planner every month.

Who me? Organized? My husband might tell you otherwise, but I do find it hard to keep track of our weekly schedule. You know: school, swimming, grocery shopping, tidying up, paying bills, remembering appointments and so on. Fortunately, in our house we all pitch in. No one person does everything. But we do have a little secret that helps our day run more smoothly.

There are millions of tips out there on how to fly with kids, what to bring on camping vacations, which suitcase to buy, where to go and what to see in just about every corner on Earth. What I want to share today is something a little different – something that we discovered last summer during a family hike in the Appalachians.