Category Archives: Daily Sketch

These pictures show a fish that I caught in late September. It is a 14 pound Chinook (King) salmon which tasted very good. We grilled the filets and nearly ate the whole fish in one sitting (there was 5 of us).  In one picture I am making a silly face and the other shows the fish on the cutting board in my firends back yard.
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Time has passed since my one and only blog and time to write again as much has changed. I still live near the sea but have changed jobs and looking towards a new future.  With my family greatly missed (but soon to be with again) and still in Hawaii it is not the best way to do things but there is much to like where I have found myself.

I am in a town called Bremerton which is West of Seatle, Washington. Though you can see the tops of Seatles sky scrapers it is far as water separates "us" from "them". Perhaps it is only 20 minutes by boat but at least an hour and a half by car.  When you think of the ocean and Hawaii you do think of boats but I have never seen so many people with boats since I have been here.  It is a boating culture and there is much from the sea that is good. 

Shrimp, crab, salmon are all available and good to eat.  Catching your meals is all arranged in seasons that are regulated (different from Hawaii off shore fishing) so that people get togethere to celebrate each new season and each new catch. Right now crab and salmon are in season (some varieties of salmon) so that is what the stories are mostly about.

As for me, I have been on the water plenty but do not have enought fish stories to tell yet.  It is colder but still quite beautiful as bremerton is the "country" . My firends say that Mars is not too far away.

Until next time. And I’ll be back in Hawaii soon…Chad

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  「まっ、まさかっ！」　夏の間は緑が生い茂って見えなかった木立の向こう側が、木々が葉を落とした今は良く見えるようになり、季節の移り変わりを感じていた或る朝、突然、ダンプカーが現れて、むこう側の草むらを整地しはじめました。このアパートは、周囲にまだ自然が残っている所が気に入って移ったわけですから、「それはないでしょう」とびっくり。しかし、他人の土地である以上、私にはなにもいう権利はありません。

　ところが、毎日、ダンプカーやショベルカーを運転している人達が、夜明け前から日暮れまでぶっとうしで働いていることや、機械力がいかに偉大であるかを目のあたりにしているうちに、ただただ、感心するばかりになってきました。１１台のダンプカーが次々に土を積み上げて、２階にすんでいる私の目の高さの丘を造りあげたときは、「昭和新山」にならって「１５６番路新山」と名付けました。

　この草むらを棲み家とする小鳥やリスへの影響がもっとも気にかかるところですが、私の心配をよそに、何事も無かった如く元気でいるのは、せめてものなぐさめです。 Continue reading →

In theory I can use my cellphone to send e-mails.  I’ve recieved e-mails on it so it stands to reason that I should be able to send them as well.  But after a week of messing with my phone, I still have not even the faintess clue how to do it.  Glad technology has made my life "easier".  I think I might move to Turkey; no e-mail or text messaging there. Continue reading →