I do not think that I have mentioned that I will retire as of December 31. This has advantages and disadvantages. I think the most tragic repercussion is that I will never fly Business class on ANA again. I am currently in Narita waiting for the flight to Okinawa basking on the beach of happiness and joy having just flown over from San Francisco.
Amuse gueules
Next
Fush
I read the amazing “Love of Country”.
Read this
Not very japanese but very welcome.
I finish the meal and lay ANA futon on my bed and sleep for 8 hours.
I wake up just in time for more food.
My last good meal on an airplane
Bye bye to all that and thanks ANA.
The Quiet Ripple Defines The Pond 
Glad you enjoyed Madeleine. I have her address and intend to stalk her.
Bombshell time indeed! Less fancy food but more fun ahead.
Love of Country was great – currently reading The Way it Was by Catherine Czerkawska, a history of Cara and Gigha, people and places. I’ll send you a copy if I can find one.
I want a copy!
Well done, a necessary step. I will try the book, but sounds a bit softy – did you read “His Bloody Project”, with a very fine Minister?
Bloody Project was wonderful family reading. However I did not quite understand if our hero mutilated the girl’s er you know, or not.
I fear he did. Was “the balance of his mind” disturbed in a way that diminishes his guilt ? The seaweed business was bad, bad.