American Falcon was round again this week helping me to teach the adult class, I think I got a tiny bit possessive over them and was perhaps not hugely great at the team teaching lark. I’m not used to being on the ‘experienced’ side of team teaching. Still it’s useful to have her come and … Read More

…and a wiseman climbs it but the once.’ Finding myself to be not nearly foolish enough I decided to climb the mountain again. I did it the way that is hugely popular with sunrise seekers, start off in the evening, climb through the night and arrive on top in time for sunrise. I am not … Read More

So I’m off up Fujisan again tonight. Hopefully. I won’t deny that I am a little concerned about the weather. It’s been so changeable recently and was predicting a thunderstorm tonight though now just chance of rain…The radio says it’s raining over there already. I hope like hell it’s going to be an ok climb, … Read More

So I had the inestimable American Falcon round, she’s one of Skimble’s friends on her uni summer holidays and she’s fallen in love with the JET program. She’ll be back when she’s graduated I suspect. We caused our adult class much merriment at our differences and introductions. It was good fun having her stay over … Read More

Before class this morning the Jedi asked what the english for muushiatsui was, now this I know, it’s humid says I. Aha lets teach it to the kids when we talk about weather today. Ok fair enough. So I wrote humid on the blackboard and asked if anyone knew it. The Jedi encouraged them to … Read More