Mid-October - that is when we normally have temperatures like this. At night is gets down into the upper teens (below 60 degrees F). We are also being blessed with almost continuous rain. I have been going out for muscle building walks every other morning but carrying an umbrella. There has been nothing interesting to photograph or to talk about.
After returning from my walks, I have spent the rest of the days playing with Tomone, watching the Olympics on TV, and studying Buddhism. I had planned to do a lot of drawing but it is so dark and dreary that I just can not get into the mood. I have a class on Saturday morning so maybe that will strike a spark.
Next Sunday I will be giving a presentation for the local teachers' organization on the history of language teaching in Japan. I will have to spend a lot of time during the coming week on preparation for that.
Normally I would be walking with Ian at this time, but he is not feeling well and it is raining, so I will wait and go out alone tomorrow.
About Me
- Charles
- Nakagawa-machi, Chikush-gun, Fukuoka-ken, Japan
- I have lived in Japan since 1976 and now consider it to be my permanent home. I have a very varied background having studied engineering, Japanese and East Asian studies, and education at the university level. I spent ten years in the Army where my job involved Area Studies, mostly in East Asia. When I started to teach in Japan, it was at a post high school level and, after I completed a PhD in education, I moved to a university where I become a full professor. After retiring, I taught part-time but am now completely retired and spend my enjoying myself. I am reasonably fluent in Japanese and at present all of my friends are elderly Japanese.
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