Monthly Archives: July 2016

I was very excited going into this weekend. It is Summer, I have tanks, I have boat, I can still manage to haul myself into boat. These are all the ingredients needed for a lot of fun without drowning. All … Continue reading →

It is summer. I take off my shirt. I lurch into the Scaffie for an evening sail. In the process it would appear that I wrenched off my Raybans as I find only the string things that attached them to … Continue reading →

Rumi san, the lady who gave me the plumeria cuttings, came to the party. To my amazement she humbly mentions that every year she releases thousands of baby turtles onto the beach  next to her idyllic guest house.  http://www.sunset-bh.com/english/index.html  Would … Continue reading →

I rise with the dawn and wander into my devastated home. I hate cleaning up late at night, at the end of the party. https://quietripple.wordpress.com/2016/07/23/rebexit/   It turns wildness into domesticity, enjoyment into puritanism, release into control. So at 6:30 the next … Continue reading →

Rebecca has been with us for the last 6 months and has been the best fun. Now she leaves. We are so unhappy that we have a party. My neighbor comes in unusual garb. He is frankly er eccentric. Frankly, … Continue reading →

There will be a party to mark the leaving of Science Writing Fellow Rebecca.  Rebecca is a role model to us all. To make the party go with a swing I will BBQ two legs of lamb. My noble Cobb is … Continue reading →

Nothing much to say really but I feel I have to record the glory of the Okinawan Summer. Sunsets continue to be a competition each night. Big plans for major passage aborted due to high seas and cowardice. I have … Continue reading →

Best fun yesterday as we inaugurate our latest research facility. Let me introduce to you the  – OIST Marine Science Station.  So; big event, VIPs, speeches, television, cats doing funny stuff. However the defining memory was a performance of Tanchame … Continue reading →

It is Saturday so I go to the Fish Market at Toya. That is enough of that. The guys have come to slash the undergrowth that has been encroaching steadily around the house. Sometimes it is difficult to get out of the … Continue reading →

So, I go to Tokyo. I get into Haneda at midnight on Wednesday. I head straight to my beloved First Cabin Hotel. I have written about this place before. https://quietripple.wordpress.com/2014/10/04/one-of-those-days/ https://quietripple.wordpress.com/2015/12/07/first-class-cabin/ I get off the plane. 5 minutes later I … Continue reading →