on the edge of ordinary

We've had some cold days and my office, which gets no sun this time of year, is a  chilly place. It's a bit hard to see, but in this...

It's over a week since we arrived in Western Australia and a lot has happened. In addition to speaking at five formal meetings in the la...

We're in the midst of wrestling again, after a hiatus of several years. Our last big year of wrestling was 2016-17. There have been bits...

The first time my parents visited us. Yesterday I went to the airport to get my parents. This is the third time they've visited Japa...

I've been trying to cook ribs for three days! They're not something readily available in Japan, just a treat we get once in a while ...

After two months of Saturdays full of cross-country, it's been a bit different today to have nothing. We did have plans, though.  Yes...

See that "pin" just south of the word Niigata, north of Tokyo, that's where we're going. A whole new area to explore, ...

Early this morning we saw off David's mother to fly back to Australia. We enjoyed her visit — her fresh wonder at this place Japan and o...

Last year when we had visitors from Australia I asked them to write a guest blog post (see here from Evelyn and here from David). So now,...

Last night we had some friends over for dinner. Friends who have two daughters. Actually, one of the daughters had lunch here earlier in the...

After yesterday's sad post, I don't know what to write today, except that we had a great family day today. Total opposite of yesterd...

When you live closely with other people you learn a lot about yourself and others. In the last couple of weeks I've learned these thing...

After a text-heavy post yesterday, I thought I'd do something more photographic today.  When we were up in Karuizawa, we had a "sp...

Today I went back to the gym. Didn't in the least feel like doing so – the temperature hasn't dipped below 30 in our house for sever...

One of the things we really love about the place we often holiday in in Japan (a town called Karuizawa) is the beautiful green surroundings...