In which I address the death of my father |
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I found out today that my father died in an accident back in October, 2008.
As you will no doubt assume from the fact that it was a year and a half ago and no one has tracked me down to tell me, I never really knew my father. He and my mother married in January 1966 and had me in 1973. Ten months later their marriage was over and I didn’t see him again until I was 15, when my Aunt and Uncle (on my mother’s side) accidentally came across him when they where holidaying up the... More...
In which Phase Four begins with Valentino-red leather |
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When contemplating the enormous task that this move would be, we divided it into four phases to make it feel more managable. Phase 1 was packing up Japan, two was getting back to Oz (an easy one to check off in comparison), three was the house hunt and four settling in. I’m... More...
Home hunting in Sydney is proving harder than we expected, and we expected it to be difficult. There is a little something extra in it when you don’t have anywhere to live if you don’t find a place before the company funded apartment stops being funded.
At... More...
Anyone who cooks even slightly, and probably many people who don’t, gives at least some thought to buying a knife or two when they come to Japan. It wouldn’t be stretching the metaphor too thin to equate a chef’s knives to a Samurai’s swords so it makes sense that many... More...
After the flurry of posts the week before last, I spent last week in a similar flurry of busyness which kept me from blogging – every bit of it utterly enjoyable!
Highlights were:
A birthday/bon voyage night at Red Rock for my friend NZ. K who is going home for a few... More...
• Reading corner done but for pile of boxes waiting for Nippon Ex. http://tweetphoto.com/13570933 #
• Work space done but for temp white table while damage to desk is fixed http://tweetphoto.com/13571201 #
• Unpacking done but for a couple of... More...
• SEA SHIPMENT DAY!!! Seriously, it's like Christmas #
• All our sheets smell of Kakuozan. I'm not sure I've ever missed a place like this before, I usually move on and don't look back. Odd. #
• RT @SeeInANewWay: It's Lensbaby's... More...
Have CameraBag, Will Time Travel |
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The last few days, I’ve been playing with a little desktop photo processing toy which I discovered through one of the photography blogs I follow. It’s called Camera Bag and it’s a hoot! I believe it began as an iPhone app but it is now available for both Mac and PC desktops. Essentially, it applies a number of filtering effects... More...
Considering the ease with which one can get to Osaka from Nagoya and the number of times I have been back and forth to Kyoto and Tokyo, it does seem odd that we had not visited Japan’s second largest city till last weekend. Our only real pull was that we felt we “should” go, so, when Superman’s parents expressed... More...
In which I address the death of my father |
More...
I found out today that my father died in an accident back in October, 2008.
As you will no doubt assume from the fact that it was a year and a half ago and no one has tracked me down to tell me, I never really knew my father. He and my mother married in January 1966 and had me in 1973. Ten months later their marriage was over and I... More...
Home hunting in Sydney is proving harder than we expected, and we expected it to be difficult. There is a little something extra in it when you don’t have anywhere to live if you don’t find a place before the company funded apartment stops being funded.
At the end of the first week things were looking pretty bleak... More...