I became a reader of Mr. Jarrell’s essays when I first learned about the email magazine called Jaremaga. Then I got a mini-sized Jaremaga book. I remember that the cute one-point illustrations made me read it all at once. After that, I read the books in digital format. For several years, I was too busy with work to read Jaremaga, but recently, I have been able to read Mr. Jarrell’s English text along with the audio and photos on YouTube and Instagram. Now, I can’t believe that the day finally came when I could actually meet and talk to the real Mr. Jarrell in English. I went to one of the Fujimae tidal flat centers, and there he was!  (119 words)

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