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Crystal

Posted on June 17, 2014 by spikekalashnikov

So I have always considered gout to be a disease of fat, old, drunks, which actually describes me pretty well. They contract it as a punishment for their sins of excess, “Gouty patients are, generally, either old men, or men who … Continue reading →

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Hiroshi Helps

Posted on June 7, 2014 by spikekalashnikov

So, the rains have gone. There is now unremitting sunshine and heat until the middle of November. Hooray! Now is the time and now is the hour for Dileas to breast the waves. I have been in negotiation with the … Continue reading →

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Topher’s Truck

Posted on June 1, 2014 by spikekalashnikov

We, Ben and I, take off for the high Sierras in Topher’s Truck. The weather is beautiful, the Toyota motor hums for the open road as we cross the new Bay Bridge and head east on Hwy 80. The best … Continue reading →

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La Nostalgie

Posted on May 29, 2014 by spikekalashnikov

Back to Stanford: The breakfast scraps we throw in the Bay They eat for lunch in San Jose. I shop on Irving. Back through the Park;

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Yerba Bueno

Posted on May 28, 2014 by spikekalashnikov

So, I am in San Francisco. I like it here. Plough and Stars Street I love zoos Food and music In a parking lot under the Freeway. On the beach

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Fings Ain’t Wot They Used to Be

Posted on May 22, 2014 by spikekalashnikov

The thing about bird watching is that you never really know what is going to happen. It is very humbling in that just when you think you have grasped  a situation, you realize that you are in fact too dull of … Continue reading →

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007

Posted on May 20, 2014 by spikekalashnikov

Time to get my driving licence renewed. A licence here only has a lifespan of 2 years. They are called hamster licences. My original getting of a license was much facilitated by Rei san who showed me what to do. … Continue reading →

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Sag mir wo die Blumen sind, Wo sind sie geblieben?

Posted on May 17, 2014 by spikekalashnikov

So I am 62. A totally busy period comes to an end with a birthday. People are very nice to me. Thank you. I am actually growing younger in Okinawa. My eyesight is much better and my hair is growing … Continue reading →

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It’s, Like, a Stroll Away from New Orleans.

Posted on May 6, 2014 by spikekalashnikov

Juna does a water colour of the view from the front room. We go for a little stroll.  

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Noah

Posted on May 6, 2014 by spikekalashnikov

After two beautiful days, Golden Week turned Biblical with intense downpours. All sorts of things happened. The mysterious tunnel that emerges near my house revealed itself as a very effective storm drain. Of course to those who have been infected, … Continue reading →

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