snowsoversapporo

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#Linux enthusiast living in #Sapporo, #Hokkaido, #Japan. Also: #snowshoeing, #zentangle, international #cricket, #schnoodles, and #retrogaming 🙄
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snowsoversapporoFeb 9, 2022

Snowblower Dreams

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#Sapporo #snowblower

Snowblower Dreams

Each year the snow piles up. Many hours are spent each week pushing snow around the in-laws’ 6 car open air parking lot (9,000 Yen per car/month – inquire in comments); a task that is b…

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snowsoversapporoOct 5, 2021

American Expat Cricket Enthusiast

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#cricket

American Expat Cricket Enthusiast

In 2007 I broke by leg while slipping on black ice outside a boarding cottage I was responsible for at The Church Farm School in Exton, Pennsylvania. I was laid up for months with a compound fractu…

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snowsoversapporoSep 28, 2021

Ulysses, Round Three

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#bookreviews #jamesjoyce

Ulysses, Round Three

There is nothing like forcing yourself through the ultra-realist-modernist hell that is James Joyce’s Ulysses. For the last several months my “To Read” list has been mired in quicksand …

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snowsoversapporoSep 8, 2021

Summertime Be Gone!

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#Hokkaido #niseko #Sapporo

Summertime Be Gone!

Ah yes. The cool Hokkaido summers. Where temperatures stay pleasant and mild. No need for air conditioning. No humidity. These lies still get pushed upon us. Those lies gave us an Olympic Marathon …

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snowsoversapporoAug 26, 2021

Ainu Language Playing Cards

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Ainu Language Playing Cards

On a recent camping trip south to Shiraoi, we stopped by the Poroto Mintara (ポロトミンタラ) Tourist Information Center, not far from the Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park,I managed to pick up these pl…

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snowsoversapporoJun 16, 2021
Last Sunday I finally saw one... a white gaijin, in Sapporo, Japan... delivering UberEats on a bike. #japan
snowsoversapporoApr 28, 2021

[Review] Child of God

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#bookreview

[Review] Child of God

Child of God by Cormac McCarthy My rating: 4 of 5 stars Have you ever felt that you are not a good person, a little dirty, a bit of a slob, or just had an impure thought? Just read this short novel…

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snowsoversapporoApr 25, 2021

Kyoto Hanafuda

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#hanafuda

Kyoto Hanafuda

As the cherry blossoms begin blooming, let’s look at a unique hanafuda set featuring the heritage of Kyoto. Visually this is one of the more stunning sets in my collection, but it’s bes…

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snowsoversapporoApr 23, 2021

Transition to Spring

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Transition to Spring

Spring is almost here, but the nights are still chilly and when a breeze is blowing it can feel like February. The waters too high for safe fishing. They were still storing plowed snow along the ba…

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snowsoversapporoApr 21, 2021

East Asia ESL Teacher Tall Tales

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#gaijinconfessionfriday

East Asia ESL Teacher Tall Tales

We all fib. Some white lies here and there. I exaggerate on this blog, just for effect. But in my 20 years in the ESL racket spanning two countries (South Korea, Japan), I have heard some amazing b…

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