Monthly Archives: January 2016

I always enjoyed Ezra Pound’s parody of”Sumer Is Icumen In” Winter is icumen in, Lhude sing Goddamm, Raineth drop and staineth slop, And how the wind doth ramm! Sing: Goddamm. Skiddeth bus and sloppeth us, An ague hath my ham. … Continue reading →

So, I am very fond of my big, woolen, red, coat as what I wore a lot in freezing Nevada. To my delight I wore it today in Okinawa! The weather is fantastic. It is blowing a gale, raining heavily … Continue reading →

For those of you who worry that I have left Okinawa, er worry no more. Here is proof. I have moved from -20 to + 20 degrees centigrade. I gently spruce up the Scaffie. I look at my Hibiscus. I … Continue reading →

My learned brother Ian has spent a lot of time researching the life of Sir Ernest Shackleton, who is famous for Antartic exploration and for being the inspiration for Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Anyway, he has just published a … Continue reading →

So my return ticket is for the 5th January. I looked at it once about 2 months ago and noticed that the flight left late at night. However looking again just now by accident, I notice that the flight actually … Continue reading →

The goal of this  trip was to visit Ruby Lake Wildlife Reserve in Nevada. The website is very seductive, http://www.fws.gov/Refuge/Ruby_Lake/ It does not however mention that it is virtually inaccessible in the winter, that the lake is frozen and the whole … Continue reading →

Ben and I head towards the Sacramento wetlands in the car with no name  to observe geese and to check on my future home. I intend to die in a camper on the back of a pickup truck and this … Continue reading →