MY TAKE ON THE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 OR CORONA VIRUS
I believe that the effects, on society, of this current threat to our health, are going to become exponentially greater as time goes on. If people are not allowed to continue with life as normal, then the long range effects…
WHAT PISSES ME OFF TODAY LET ME TELL YOU
This morning I will take a short break from my memories of Japan and launch myself into a screaming, frothing rage. Something happened yesterday that seriously made me angry. I was invited to, and joined, a “podcast” or live online…
A SHORT STORY OR CHICKEN DINNER SAGA
This is an animal story and one that traumatized our baby for a long time. It started around easter (possibly) when we visited a local church for a service. In Japan most people were Shinto Buddhists, but come Christmas or…
SIGHTS & SCENES OF KYUSHU JAPAN 1984
Our home town in Japan was Omuta, located on the South Island Kyushu and attached to Shimabara Peninsula. It was a beautiful place and filled with wonders not yet experienced by our young family. We took every opportunity to see…
A MEMORY, OR HOW TO PREPARE A LOBSTER
This memory comes from a very early time in Japan and shows some of the adjustments that a gaijin (foreign devil) had to make in day to day life. This memory comes from a friend but has stuck in my…
THINKING BACK & FREEING UP AN OLD MIND
Today I will let my mind slip back thru the haze to Japan in 1983. We had arrived in Japan full of excitement and ready for a new adventure. Our work was with a company called Hitachi Zosen. They were…
WHEN IN JAPAN IT IS CRITICAL TO KEEP YOUR GUTS DRY
This story was again framed around the time of our arrival and demonstrates how worldly I had become, and how sophisticated I was, in discovering and experiencing new and exotic tastes. As I mentioned, I had arrived a couple of…
BULLSHIT VERSUS BULLETS AND FIRST ENCOUNTERS IN A NEW WORLD
It is now early 1983 and my quest for another overseas assignment was finally bearing fruit. We were now in deep negotiations with my former (Peru) employers and my current (USA) employers. The discussions centred around a Project, civil (mining,…
I AM READY FOR SCHOOL SO EXCITED, NEW CLOTHES YAA
Today is a big day! after 50 years I will return to school today. One of my thousands (read 5) subscribers, after viewing my feeble attempts, to build this blog, has enrolled me in geek school! The course I am…
WHATS NEXT A PEEK AT OUR NEXT STOP JAPAN 1983
A small preview of where our next journey takes us. After a brief stay in Edmonton, we gathered our things, packed our bags and left for Omuta, Kyushu, Japan. We left Deysi’s little sister under police protection in an apartment,…
