In what turned out to be the last game of the year for the Hiroshima Cock’s-Eye Mahjong Club, Noda, the champion, gave a little back to the market. But even with David making the early running and getting up to +80 at the peak of it, there was no real [Read more…]
Here are some extracts from my current reading of C. L. Barber’s Shakespeare’s Festive Comedy that I found of particular interest, either because of what was written or how it was written, or, best of all, both together. “No figure in the carpet is the carpet. There is in the [Read more…]
Lancelot Andrewes (1555–1626) was an English clergyman and scholar during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James, during whose reign his name was at the top of the list of divines responsible for the translation of the Authorized Version of the Bible. He was consecrated Bishop of Chichester in 1605. [Read more…]
Bunyan wrote his vivid Protestant allegory while imprisoned for unlicenced preaching. Christian, encumbered by sin, flees the City of Destruction for the straight and narrow road to the Celestial City. Passing through much tribulation, Christian encounters sloughs, valleys, hills and meadows. His sins fall from his back at Calvary, his [Read more…]
It was quite a shock to walk into Kodama tonight. A new light grey carpet covered the floor and the walls gleamed as if they had been washed in the autumn rain, whitened by the summer sun and we wondered, …what whiteness will ever arrive at this whiteness? Noda, David [Read more…]
Above: Disappointment as Jaime’s penalty is saved… Here’s a pic of Jaime taking the first of our three penalties during a fine game played in lovely autumnal weather on the grass pitch in the park near Hiroshima airport. As you can see, the shot was on target, but the other [Read more…]
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