Monthly Archives: August 2020

Serious typhoon coming over the island tomorrow and Tuesday. What better time to have fun. Kikuta san has added new pieces to his exhibition. Off we go to examine. I am very tempted to buy this. When young in Scotland … Continue reading →

Ho, ho a typhoon! It was only a small one but it showed up a design weakness in my cockpit cover. The cover is attached to the boom. However the boom is only held up by the topping lift. If … Continue reading →

It has been a dour last few days. General fed upness with Covid restrictions resulting in little contact with other people, but mainly because I could not get my flute to work. As I have mentioned, the flute was overhauled … Continue reading →

Several of my American friends have referred to the period we are living through as the Pause. I think it is an apt description. Here in Okinawa we are still asked to stay at home and refrain from traveling around … Continue reading →

So, the virus has returned dramatically. Each day we are getting more cases than the whole months of March and April when the virus first arrived. Okinawa is now the worst affected, per capita, prefecture in Japan. Yesterday, Governor Tamaki … Continue reading →

Once more the languid existence of Covid 2020. There has been a very marked upsurge in the number of cases on the island. We had none for months but suddenly it is back. With this comes polite and gentle urgings … Continue reading →