Tag Archives: Countryside

This Blog Post is Like an Episode of MTV’s ‘Cribs’, Only I Spend a Frankly Baffling Amount of Time Talking About My Septic Tank

Since half the world’s population is currently trapped in their houses due to various local and national quarantines , I thought it would be fitting to give you all a tour of our house here in Nagiso (note to those reading this post in the future – it’s mid-April 2020, and Covid-19 is still rampagingContinue reading “This Blog Post is Like an Episode of MTV’s ‘Cribs’, Only I Spend a Frankly Baffling Amount of Time Talking About My Septic Tank”

Rural Japanese Life at its Most Intense, or, Mountain Pipe Maintenance 101

(In today’s post – important community building; schlepping up a big mountain to clean some pipes; photos with poor lighting; surprise crabs) In early December, just after I moved to Nagiso, I was informed by one of my new neighbours that our water bill would be incredibly cheap. Now, that’s a pretty suspicious conversational openingContinue reading “Rural Japanese Life at its Most Intense, or, Mountain Pipe Maintenance 101”

Coronavirus Coronashmirus (3,000 Dead Globally)

If you’re an extremely dedicated follower of international news like me, you may have heard of this new obscure new disease called the ‘coronavirus’, or more accurately ‘COVID–19′. Now, I’m no expert in medicine, international politics, domestic politics, infectious diseases, advanced statistics, epidemiology, public health, rudimentary statistics, or hygiene or so I’m not qualified toContinue reading “Coronavirus Coronashmirus (3,000 Dead Globally)”