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Infrastructure walk, water line
When the landslide took out the Takakura road at Oyama-ji on September 22nd, it carried our water main with it (as well as the power and optic fiber cables). The water company quickly offered workarounds while they figured out a temporary solution that would restore water supply to our side of the mountain. And yesterday,…
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Sunday stroll uphill
The weather has finally cooled to a comfortable temperature so our hiking season began today with a walk up Gotenyama. It’s a pretty mountain with some steep paths leading to a shrine to Daikoku and a gorgeous view over the valley. Last time we hiked Gotenyama was April 2020 as we managed Covid. I wasn’t…
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Camera Roll
This is likely to be the last Camera Roll as I am trying to get off Instagram and bring my ephemeral photography to Mediatinker instead. More on that soon. In the meantime, here are photos from August 22 – October 22.
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Hari broke my heart
My heart cries. Hari “Master” C M, died on Sunday, October 18. He was 38. We met in 2014 at Hillhacks, then worked at HasGeek together in 2017-2018. He completed a Masters degree in Public Policy in August. And now he is gone from the planet. Hari was an unexpected anchor in my life. Right…
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Infrastructure Walk
NTT subcontractors have been spotted doing something with the phone and fiber cables in the neighborhood this week, which might mean they are rerouting the fiber to us. So Tod & I took an Infrastructure Walk this afternoon to see what’s been done. It’s not the first time we have walked the local roads looking…
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Thirty seven
What’s special about 37? It’s how many years Tod & I have been married. <3 Also, it’s a prime number and a “lucky prime” at that. It does fun things if you multiple it by 3s. 37 is standard body temperature in Celsius. And it’s the number most chosen as a “random number between 1…
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Without the Internet
I quickly burned through my whole data plan after the typhoon took out the neighborhood fiber connection. I learned (again) how much I rely on online access in daily life. Though we have no Internet at 555, Tod’s office is fine so I can drink deeply of all the online tools over his WiFi. But…
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Eleven…and Counting
My friend, Megumi, shared a post on Facebook this morning that began〈断水11日目〉which is “11th day without water.” Has it really been that long? I checked the calendar. Yes, it has. That means it’s been 11 days without Internet at home, too. I would have guessed six days. Time is weird when patterns are disrupted. I…
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Oyama Water Woes
I believe it will be a while before we have running water at 555 again. The landslide near Oyama Fudoson took out a road, the power poles, a cell tower, the gigabit fiber cable, and the entire Oyama area water supply. The water supply is the biggest problem right now. This morning we got notification…
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Typhoon 25, rain edition
I wrote a long blog post about the aftermath of the typhoon, but it was boring. The details on the ground are interesting to me right now but not to you. So here are highlights with photos. tl;dr: We are fine. The cats are fine. 555 is fine. Life is inconvenient without water, Internet or…
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