Monthly Archives: May 2013

Many a SlipTwixt Cup and Lip

Posted on May 30, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

So, I was keeping this secret from you but I am buying a boat. I found it on the amazing Okinawa Yard Sale site. http://www.okinawayardsales.com/ Perfect boat for me, 14 ft, light enough to pull up onto the beach in … Continue reading →

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Remember Me and You

Posted on May 30, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

She`s back! I go for my early morning stroll along the beach and there are more turtle tracks. The word tracks does n`t do justice. It is a kinda trench thing. I do not know if she was here last night … Continue reading →

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Farniente

Posted on May 26, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

I have had a very busy time recently, lots of travel, lots of  visitors, lots of stuff. This is all good but I love to do nothing. I love to ramble, to look, to listen. This is what I did … Continue reading →

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Turtles

Posted on May 26, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

We go out for a night-time stroll along the beach. We stumble across trenches in the sand with parallel lines of scoop marks on each side. This must be some animal. I take out my boy-scout-animal-track-booklet. Not an otter, nor … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 18, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

This is how old I am as of yesterday. I have had a string of excellent birthdays recently and this one was a classic. Here, is some wildlife. Anyway that’s enough of that. It is the conference dinner. These Brazilians … Continue reading →

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Clubbing

Posted on May 16, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

Bit of a misunderstanding last night when some young people, after we had some drink taken, said, “Do you want to go clubbing?” “Baby seals?!!” Anyway whatever the activity, the answer was going to be No as I find myself … Continue reading →

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Is Anyone Listening?

Posted on May 14, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

So I start the conference. I attend two sessions before lunch, which are strange affairs. First because frankly I do not understand much of what is being said. Nice cozy web stuff that I feel at home with, soon develops … Continue reading →

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Birds on the Beach

Posted on May 13, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

So the greatest thing about going to foreign parts is that you see new birds. One of the tedious factors of advancing age is that you have been there seen that before. New experience becomes rarer. A colonoscopy is fun … Continue reading →

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How the Brownies Cried!

Posted on May 12, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

Last night, after a long week of Governors meetings, I was at a piano recital by Etsuko Hirose. She is right, dead, good, her. Buy her stuff. This morning I got up at 5:30 to fly down to Rio. Reno? … Continue reading →

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The Sun Goes Around the Earth

Posted on May 5, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

I have always thought that Galileo or was it Copernicus must have been very clever to work out that the Earth goes around the Sun because it clearly does not. I mean it rises in the morning goes around the … Continue reading →

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