• Daily Life

    Isle Idyll

    On our sole shared, obligation-free holiday over the 2025 new year period, Mrs. Kangaeroo and I headed off for a day out to a nearby island. We headed to Enoshima, a short trip from our home and site of the sailing competitions for the 1964 and 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. One intention was to pay a new year’s shrine visit, which is a customary Japanese tradition. Another was to enjoy the ocean. My new year hadn’t been the greatest. On Boxing Day, I bent over to pat Oreo, a neighborhood border collie, and my back went on me. It remains…

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    Putting The Limp Into Olympics

    Japan did the most amazing job of hosting the Olympic Games under the mostr trying of circumstances, and I would argue there probably isn’t a country on earth that could have done it nearly as well. But the big question is: Why? We held the Games behind closed doors. Only the most privileged of guests were able to see the athletes do their thing, and I’m sure the quarantining rules were broken for many. Personally, I got to see almost nothing. I saw none of the downtown Tokyo events, but did get to perform an errand near Horse Park, where…

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    Mount Fuji And Lovely Leaves

    Bless with time, fitness and fine weather, the highlight of another month of stupendous cycling was heading up the Doshimura road to Lake Yamanaka and its wonderous views of Mount Fuji and the autumnal leaves in the area. This is the path the Olympic cyclists will take if they ever manage to hold the Games here, and it’s a bit of a challenging ride, but the return downhill was magnificent! Oh, how I love Belladonna and the world she has opened up for me. Related posts: Rounding Biwa, Japan’s Largest Lake Survived Tray Trees Make Bonzer Bonsai Happy New Year!…