Monthly Archives: March 2014

The Marine Quarterly

Posted on March 30, 2014 by spikekalashnikov

So, the longer I live in Okinawa the smaller is the granularity of my observation. All the most noticeable stuff, I have noticed. The result is that my posts become more personal and lacking in drama. So here is another … Continue reading →

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He Who Pays the Piper

Posted on March 23, 2014 by spikekalashnikov

Incredible though it may seem, people give me money to pay the flute. Japan is a very strange country. Yesterday we played at a shopping mall. Anyway there is something very different  having used bills shoved in your hands to … Continue reading →

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The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

Posted on March 22, 2014 by spikekalashnikov

Yea,even so. This post is really for me so I will be able to recall the amazing blooms of my Brugmansia trees, so do not feel obliged to read on. I have 3 Brugmansia in my secret garden, two of … Continue reading →

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Jesus and Mary Chain

Posted on March 17, 2014 by spikekalashnikov

Yesterday was busy. We had Open Campus at the university. Over 5000 folks came to visit. I rush out to complete purchase of truck – see previous post. Then down to Naha to celebrate an early St Patricks. We play … Continue reading →

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Louis Pasteur

Posted on March 16, 2014 by spikekalashnikov

The best cure for rabies is to buy a truck. I remember seeing this in a TV program in the 1960s about Louis Pasteur. Lo it is true as I took delivery of my Daihatsu HiJet this morning and I have … Continue reading →

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Rabies

Posted on March 15, 2014 by spikekalashnikov

Rabies is endemic in the Calder family. In my case, it recurs every 2 or 3 years and I have to chain myself to the radiator until it passes. I have it now and do not feel well. However I … Continue reading →

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Sowing Tares

Posted on March 9, 2014 by spikekalashnikov

I cannot adjust to the growing cycle in Okinawa. Now is harvest time for stuff like potatoes and cabbage, also for sugar cane. There seems to be two ways of harvesting sugar cane, the easy way and the hard way. … Continue reading →

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Crimea River

Posted on March 4, 2014 by spikekalashnikov

Monday started well when at 5:11 in the morning an earthquake er blew, arrived, happened, earthquaked about 100 km Northwest of my bed, in which I was sleeping at the time.  The quake was 6.7 on the Burt Richter scale. … Continue reading →

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Down the Broom

Posted on March 1, 2014 by spikekalashnikov

So an interesting day. I struggled with the rudder of my boat for most of the morning. There is a rope to raise it and a rope to lower it. I have to rig this set-up and find it beyond … Continue reading →

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Rogues

Posted on March 1, 2014 by spikekalashnikov

It being the first of March and a beautiful Saturday morning I think of shoes. I don’t know where this comes from but I have always believed that proper shoes are lace-ups with leather soles. Slip-on shoes with grotesque names … Continue reading →

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