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The Second Full Week of School Sept 5-8 (minus Friday):...
Well, it’s hard to believe that almost another week has gone by! It’s good that the week doesn’t drag since it means I’m...
harp, 8 September 2005 |
MT. FUJI: 3,776 meters; 3,000 meter gain; 22 hours total
Before Starting The Mt. Fuji adventure started as I rode home from school and realized that I had planned...
Leading up to Mt. Fuji: Sept. 1-2 (Thurs.-Fri)
Sorry, but I have to go chronologically or I’ll never get everything down. Wow, was it really my first Thursday with classes?...
Test Post 1
This is a test post, part of an effort to solve Janet’s problem with random font changes showing up in her posts, unwanted. Hidden...
In Grandpa’s Memory
I will post about the Mt. Fuji climb later, but felt my need to write this override my need to go to bed. I have been blessed with...
She beat me up, but I’m home and well
I wish I could post the whole story of the Mt. Fuji climb now, but that will have to wait. I wanted to say that I’m home...
An Impromptu 22-Mile Bike Ride
It began when I said to Porter, "I'm riding to the post office; do you want to join me?" The post office is less than two...
Triathlon!
It was a triathlon, in an out of shape, over 50 sort of way. We still haven't been able to fill up the cars since the gas panic...
The Power of Panic
The terrifying power of panic to disrupt and destroy was best illustrated this week in Iraq, where the stampede provoked by rumor of a...
Good News about Gas Prices
Even before Hurricane Katrina, when we were paying around $2.55 for a gallon of gasoline, the adjustments made necessary by the increased...
Missing Since Katrina
If you have contacts in the Mississippi area, please check out this friend's plea for locating missing relatives .
Tuesday and Wednesday (Aug 30-31)
Here’s another post with a boring title. Work has been keeping me busy and it is more of the same. I am still enjoying it,...
Got Profit?
Pressure is increasing on schools to remove that nutritional disaster called soda from their vending machines and replace it with...
Aug. 28-29 (Sunday, Monday)
Sunday (Aug. 28 th ) I decided to bike until I hit mountains no matter what it took. I went for about 45min directly West on what...
Katrina
By this time last year we had already experienced our first major hurricane, Charley, but Frances, Jeanne, and Ivan were September...
Adventure in Fujiyoshida, or How I came to be stranded at...
Friday toward the end of work I c-mailed Mark (that’s text messaging between AU customers; if US cell phones were this complicated...
School Has Begun!
Well, I had no idea I would be so busy at school. I’m sorry I haven’t written in so long. First school kept me busy then I...
It's All About Money
In England, Darren and Debbie Wyatt are fighting in court to save the life of their 22-month old daughter, Charlotte, who is...
East Is East and West Is West -- but Both Get WEATHER
We awoke to our first hurricane warning of the season: Hurricane Katrina is heading towards South Florida, but that doesn't mean we're...
Sun-Tues. Aug 21-23 (Isawa fireworks, 1st long day at...
Mark and I were dead tired when we met Niko at the library to go to the Isawa fireworks festival, but I was impressed with how well we...
Phone non-Service
This has been going on long enough I'd better post a notice here: our phones have been out since some time after 3:30 p.m. today. This...
A Lovely Sabbath Afternoon
After lunch we used our United Arts two-for-one card to visit the Orlando Museum of Art and their new M. C. Escher exhibit. I’ve...
Camping at Lake Motosuko and my second encounter with the...
I get all discombobulated when I spend a night away from home, so I hope I’m starting where I left off. The Lake Motosu ko...
Local Warming
It hasn't been this hot in Orlando since 1950. Today's high was 97 degrees, officially, though when we were out in the car its...
R-F August 18-19 (more seminar, debating Iraq!, more...
I guess it wasn’t a very exciting past two days, but I’m posting now because it might be another few days before I can post again....