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Topher’s Truck
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
In the Rank Sweat of an Enseamed Bed
Did your parents’ bedroom smell? My parents’ bedroom, into which I would wander as a child, always had the sweaty, foetid odor of the marsh. I think this was because they slept on the same mattress or palliasse, which was stuffed … Continue reading
He Who Pays the Piper
Incredible though it may seem, people give me money to pay the flute. Japan is a very strange country. Yesterday we played at a shopping mall. Anyway there is something very different having used bills shoved in your hands to … Continue reading
Jesus and Mary Chain
Yesterday was busy. We had Open Campus at the university. Over 5000 folks came to visit. I rush out to complete purchase of truck – see previous post. Then down to Naha to celebrate an early St Patricks. We play … Continue reading
Louis Pasteur
The best cure for rabies is to buy a truck. I remember seeing this in a TV program in the 1960s about Louis Pasteur. Lo it is true as I took delivery of my Daihatsu HiJet this morning and I have … Continue reading
Think I’ll Pack it in and Buy a Pick-up part 2
Pack it in, er no but buy a pick-up, hell yeah! Well actually I might have to pack it in as a result of buying a pick-up. To launch my boat I have to tow it on a trailer to … Continue reading
Truck Love
Topher’s truck has been a godsend during this trip. She has taken us everywhere with all kinds of good stuff in the flatbed. We decide to give her a hairdo. We take her to the local car hair saloon. These … Continue reading
Got My Chips Cashed In
When at Stanford, I made the acquaintance of a ranching family who had kept cattle and horses on some of the huge swaths of land bought by Leland Stanford. They had been ranching for generations and they probably were there … Continue reading
A Boat of My Own
Real pleasure comes from pain. There is no joy without misery. Drink Chateau Lafitte everyday and it becomes mundane, er, so they say. It is the ebb and flow of life that generates satisfaction. After Aughrim’s great disaster when your … Continue reading
The Quiet Ripple Defines The Pond 