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Nature Red in Tooth and Claw

Posted on March 21, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

So yesterday was a public holiday, of which there are many in Japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Japan We do not have to go to work. Yesterday was (春分の日 Shunbun no Hi?)  a day for the admiration of nature and the love of living things. Accordingly … Continue reading →

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Naked Lunch

Posted on March 18, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

I am somewhat bruised after a foolhardy encounter with young people but let me talk about my lunch first.The cafeteria at work is really good. It serves local produce cooked by wonderful Okinawans. I have to eat next to my … Continue reading →

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Rat and Creepy Crow

Posted on March 15, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

So, friends in France send me a drawing of a terrified rat riding on the back of  a kinda crow like bird wearing a pith helmet. Turns out that this is part of a school project that their daughter is … Continue reading →

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Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu!

Posted on March 10, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

The weather has been perfect the whole time Peter and Le-Dung have been here. Blue,blue sky, blue, blue sea, green, green grass. Or should that be Bluegrass? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNabSidq2XU Hot – go fishing, dive off the side of the kayak to … Continue reading →

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Peter and Le-Dung

Posted on March 10, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

So Peter Ginter is a truly remarkable photographer. Working together with Le-Dung, they are married, they have produced some of the most memorable  photos of our time. They are at OIST to shoot the best ever photos of science in … Continue reading →

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No Posts No Fun

Posted on March 10, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

Very sorry for decelerated post rhythm. There appears to be a law of blogging, a bit like the first law of thermodynamics, the more you work the less you blog. Opposite and equal. Big deal Open Campus Day Anyway big … Continue reading →

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Brugmania

Posted on February 25, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

Back in October, on the advice of my learned sister Rosie, I bought some Brugmansia plants. They grew very well until I re-potted them. I went to the I guess Garden Center but that term doesn’t really do justice to the … Continue reading →

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Wrapped up in a Five Pound Note

Posted on February 23, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

As I leave my office on Friday  I notice that someone has placed a beautiful blue bag on my desk. Inside there is an exquisitely wrapped package and an envelope. Inside the envelope there is a card, which of course … Continue reading →

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Tea Party

Posted on February 19, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

I struggle through the snow and icy fingered wind to the graveyard where Samuel Adams and Paul Revere and other revolutionary heroes are buried. It is very cold and I am a sub-tropical softy. The position of the graveyard is … Continue reading →

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Jeepers Creepers

Posted on February 11, 2013 by spikekalashnikov

  I am going to Boston where they make Cod. I check in at Naha. The ANA check-in-lady is, as always, demure and smiling. “Passport please.” “Do you have a Green Card?” “Are you checking bags?” “You have beautiful eyes.” … Continue reading →

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