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Monthly Archives: June 2015
Unused footage
I strongly suspect the title of this blog entry will serve nicely as my epitaph, but it’s intended to describe how much of “today”, Sunday, June 14th, went. Still, do make a note of it, so that when it’s time … Continue reading
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Tagged Genshiken, Norwegian train, Slow TV, TED, train, Yosakoi Soren Festival
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Striving for Balance
I’ve been falling steadily behind the calendar, this week, as the days pass faster than I’m blogging them. Some of that has been because I’ve been doing things, out and about, and some has been that when I’m not, I … Continue reading
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Tagged baseball, Beer noodles, coffee, crow, Don Quijote, fish, Kenta, Nakajima Park, nihonshu, Nippon-Ham Fighters, sake, Sapporo, Shinto, shrine, sidewalk, Viet, yellow lines
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The Height and Breadth of the Land
So, that first night in Sapporo, really quite exhausted, I managed to get 8 hours sleep — getting to bed at 8:30 and awakening at 4:30am — and felt rather better. Why not more? It appears that the curtains in … Continue reading
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Tagged canal, flowers, Horse Oil, Odori Park, Portland, rose, Tanukikoji Shopping Arcade, Toyohira Bridge, Toyohira River, TV Tower, Yosakoi Soren Festival
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The First Day in Sapporo
So, in my last post it was Wednesday, June 10th, and I’d arrived at Sapporo Station in downtown Sapporo, by train from the airport about 1/2 an hour southeast. I suppose that this would be a good point to give … Continue reading
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
I hate to use up that title so early in my wayfaring, but as I was wandering the Bangkok airport it suddenly struck me. This is my life now: planes, trains, and automobiles. Always traveling; even if I have interludes … Continue reading
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Tagged Air China, Bangkok, Beijing, Kit Kat, Pokemon, Sapporo, souvenirs
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Counting The Hours
As I write this, it’s Saturday afternoon in sunny Ban Po village on the island of Koh Samui (and in many other places besides), where the temperature just after lunch was “93, feels like 117”. I’m sitting in front of … Continue reading
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Tagged Airbnb, baseball, cuttlefish, haircut, Japan, Kenta, Koh Samui, Kyoto, Larry Niven, lizard, sake, Sapporo, seagull, Taiwan, Thailand, The Integral Trees, Tokyo
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