昨日は関係会社の「新年度」スタートアップ会議ということで、２年前に社員一同から「蕎麦打ち」セットを送られていたのに一度もふるまいを出来なかった罪滅ぼしに、スタッフ全員に手料理をプレゼント。
　メニューは、先日ご紹介した宮城県産の新米「ひとめぼれ」による「おにぎり」と、具だくさんに仕立てたあったかお蕎麦のセットメニュー。総数22人へのふるまいなので、おにぎりは40個ほど、お蕎麦は山菜類各種、タケノコ、キノコ類３種類、ゴボウなどなど12-3種類の具を煮込んだ蕎麦汁を超大鍋でつくった。
　わたしは普段食では主食のコメは十穀米のようにして食べているけれど、より新米の味を引き立てるように昨日は合計で1.6升ほどをコメだけで炊いた。炊飯器は5.5合リミットですが、加水少なめでOKの新米なので６合程度を一度で炊くのを３回。残ったお米はわたしたち夫婦でパクついた。カミさんダイエットの敵（笑）。
　会議前のお昼時、息抜きしていただけたものと思います。
　さて上の写真。天は、その運気を「天気」として表すのでしょうか。写真は一昨日の散歩道での琴似発寒川からの見晴らしで見た光景。「天使の階段」と言うには光線は２スジ程度と少なめですが、なかなか幻視的。
　いろいろな人生模様があっての高齢期ですが、まぁ気分的には区切りに差し掛かってきたかと。
　どうしても自分自身のことよりも、手掛けてきた事業とスタッフのことが気に掛かり続けてきたのですが、本格的に「フリー」な立場で自分の活動を再構築したい。この間でいろいろ情報収集していた資料類も、ようやく昨日から整理整頓を始めていました。ジミジミと、自分自身の目的意識を明瞭にしていきたいと思います。
　アメリカにも先駆けて、アマテラスの国・日本で女性総理が実現しそうなことも暗示的かも。天との対話、天の定める天運を見続ける人生航路も面白そうかなぁ・・・。

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【Two Years After the Business Transfer. Moving to the Next Stage】
There are moments when I gaze at the sky and become captivated by its ever-changing expressions. The LDP leadership election also brought scenes I’d never seen before. Well, change is constant. On to the next stage. …

　Yesterday was the startup meeting for the new fiscal year at our affiliated company. To make up for never having served the soba-making set we received from all employees two years ago, I treated the entire staff to a homemade meal.
The menu featured rice balls made with the new Miyagi Prefecture rice variety “Hitomebore” I introduced recently, paired with a set of hearty, warm soba noodles loaded with toppings. Since it was for 22 people, I made about 40 rice balls. For the soba, I prepared a huge pot of broth simmered with 12-13 kinds of ingredients: various wild mountain vegetables, bamboo shoots, three types of mushrooms, burdock root, and more.
　While I usually eat rice mixed with ten grains for my staple food, I cooked about 1.6 sho (approx. 2.7 liters) of plain rice yesterday to better highlight the new rice’s flavor. My rice cooker has a 5.5-cup limit, but since new rice requires less water, I cooked about 6 cups at a time, three times total. My wife and I polished off the leftover rice. The enemy of my wife’s diet (laugh).
　I hope it served as a nice break for everyone during the lunchtime meeting.
Now, about the photo above. Does heaven express that fortune as “weather”? The photo shows the view from Kotoni Hassamu River during my walk the day before yesterday. While the light beams are a bit sparse for calling it “Angel’s Staircase,” it’s quite ethereal.
　Old age comes with all sorts of life patterns, but emotionally, I feel like I’m approaching a turning point.
I’ve always been more concerned about the business I’ve built and my staff than myself, but now I want to seriously rebuild my activities from a truly “free” position. I finally started organizing the materials I’ve been gathering over this period yesterday. I want to steadily clarify my own sense of purpose.
　It might also be symbolic that Japan, the land of Amaterasu, could see a female prime minister before America. A life journey of dialogue with the heavens, of watching the celestial destiny they decree, sounds intriguing too…

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Posted on 10月 5th, 2025 by 三木 奎吾
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