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Either way I am sure that my mental exercises of wild animal defense strategy will continue as long as I live out here…Although I have heard from our neighbor that there are monkeys in the mountain behind our house, I have never seen one in Hamada myself…. In hindsight, we probably should have returned to the car, but it did turn out to be a wonderful hike.Anyway, it was a monkey attack that brought me here, so let me share the link to the story that appeared on Crisscross News Japan today about an attack in Hamada. Monkey attacks 7 women, man in Shimane; hay fever blamed…

For the last few nights, we have had spectacularly clear nights here in West Nowhere, so I have spent a lot of time standing outside staring up at the night sky, trying to learn the constellations…. Apparently, the earths atmosphere refracts the the light from the stars in random waves, much like a glass of water refracts our view of what is on the other side of it. The interesting thing, as I see it, is that although the light is refracted many times as it passes through different densities in the atmosphere, it only seems to twinkle instead of jumping around wildly.Now that I know, I want to forget.

Japan Today - News - Saitama man dies after being bitten by hamster - Japan’s Leading International News Network: “Saitama man dies after being bitten by hamster Monday, September 27, 2004 at 11:59 JST TOKYO — A man in his 40s from Saitama Prefecture fell into a coma after being bit on the finger by his pet hamster in February and subsequently died, his doctor said Monday. The man, who was asthmatic, fell into anaphylactic shock, — a life-threatening allergic reaction — after being bitten. He bred hamsters over the past several years and was bitten several time, the doctor said. He is believed to be the first person in Japan to die from a hamster bite.

Tatamigaura There is a place along the coast of West Nowhere that seems to be a great location for a sci-fi movie. The surface is somewhere between stone and cement, a long hardened clay surface full of signs of life of ages past.

What does it mean when the high point of your day is watching Praying Manti have sex?

We had a bit of a scare tonight in the middle of packing for our trip to Tokyo tomorrow. We had put the kids to bed a bit early, hoping to free up time to do last minute cleaning and packing, but anyone with kids knows that it was only wishful thinking…
I had just […]

I HATE SPIDERS! I HATE SPIDERS! I HATE SPIDERS!
Lately I have been reflecting on my maturing attitude towards the spiders in our house. I have always hated spiders with the vehemence of a irrational little girl scout. They make me scream. (Spiders, not girl scouts.) If you put me in a […]