Today I worked relatively hard and finished my grading so tomorrow after I put them in the mail I will be officially on vacation until September 8th when I will begin two weeks with two classes on Tuesday afternoons and one Thursday evenings. The rest of the two weeks will still be vacation.
My wife is leaving on Sunday to take care of my grandson for about three weeks. During that time I will be home alone. I am planning to do a lot of drawing, meditate every day, and go for long walks. I also plan to catch up on my reading. I am looking forward to a good summer. That is, if the rainy season ever ends. They are now saying that it will last at least for the first week of August - usually it is over by early July. This year it is so late that the price of fresh vegetables is going up.
This blog will continue show the photos that I take as I live and vacation in Japan. I particularly love to walk and have a strong interest in Buddhism and Shinto so I will be showing the temples, shrines and other interesting things that I discover.
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- End of the semester
- Day 7 - more walking
- Day 7 - Into the woods again
- Weather Watch
- Day 7 - on the temple grounds
- A narrative poem and a haiku
- Day 7 - ever onward
- Day 7 - a hard trail
- Day 7 - continuing
- Day 7 - starting out
- Brockton - the old homestead
- Day 6 - some final comments based on my journal
- Day 6 - on to the end
- Day 6 - even more at the temple
- Day 6 - still at the temple
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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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