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Stairway to Heaven

Posted on July 15, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

When I bought the boat ladder, I knew it would not work but whether or not it worked was more or less irrelevant. The fun was trying to make it work, ergo messing around with boats. The first thing I … Continue reading →

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Tortuga

Posted on July 9, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

Very early this morning I stride forth with Satoru-san, world-famous photographer, who is staying in the house. We go to check if the boat is OK. We hit the beach. Leading from the sea to my boat are the unmistakable … Continue reading →

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I Blame My Parents

Posted on July 8, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

My Mother always enjoyed a good cemetery. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child and visited a lot of cemeteries. I like to wander around cemeteries and wonder … Continue reading →

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Gunwale

Posted on July 7, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

I spring from bed as dawn, er, you know. I love to have a project. I love to have a project with a whole Sunday stretching ahead without interruption. I love to have a project on a sub-tropical beach where … Continue reading →

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Paint

Posted on July 6, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

I want to paint my boat. I need yacht paint. Try miming that. Ikeda san helps me and tracks down a paint shop in Naha that has such stuff. The shop is in a lost suburb of Naha and is … Continue reading →

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Fast Food

Posted on July 5, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

I realize that I have not written much about food recently. Hmmmm, food in Okinawa is like the bass drone on the pipes, the continuum in Baroque music, the cicada racket in summer. It is always there. Rarely the star … Continue reading →

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And Even the Ranks of Tuscany Could Scarce Forebear to Cheer.

Posted on July 5, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

“Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate: “To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples … Continue reading →

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There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

Posted on July 2, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

These people live in a boat. What is remarkable is that the boat, or more accurately ship, is on top of a hill. How did it get there?

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Blow into It and Move Your Fingers Up and Down

Posted on June 30, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

I so much like doing not very much. Doing nothing bad, doing lots can be bad but doing not much I usually find very satisfactory. On Saturday night I cleaned my flute. My wonderful flute, who has been my partner … Continue reading →

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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator

Posted on June 24, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

So yesterday evening I row the boat out to the reef for to go fishing as the sun goes down. I tie up to a convenient buoy that I believe has been left by coral study people. I gently fish … Continue reading →

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