Into Mongolia, September 1991

September 14, 2010 David Hurley 0

From Shanghai to Beijing the countryside is low-lying, monotonous and heavily cultivated, with paddy fields flanking the Yangtse, tobacco and wheat fields farther north. Everything changes with the arrival of the wall-topped mountain ranges north of the capital. They are far removed from the upturned onigiri mountains of Japan, being more akin to loaves of bread, well risen and mouldy with age. As these mountains recede they give way to broad expanses of semi-steppe over which the sun sinks with interminable leisure.

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Osaka to Shanghai, September 1991

September 12, 2010 David Hurley 0

This is the first of three articles I wrote for the Hiroshima Signpost magazine about my overland journey from Hiroshima to Berlin in September 1991. In this article, I leave Japan by ferry from Osaka and arrive in Shanghai three days later.

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Friday 10th September 2010

September 11, 2010 David Hurley 0

I discovered today that the contact form that I’m using on http://succeed-in-english as a way for students to answer comprehension questions also has a built in autoresponder. That means there is no need to set up autoresponders on my hosting account. I can do everything within the WordPress control panel. [Read more…]

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Wednesday 8th September 2010

September 8, 2010 David Hurley 0

Another parcel of books arrived today from the Folio Society. This one contained the three volume set, Pagans and Christians by Robin Lane Fox and four complimentary volumes, including The Nude by Kenneth Clark. This afternoon, I added a second lesson to http://Succeed-in-English.com and gained a new skill in the [Read more…]

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Tuesday 7th September

September 7, 2010 David Hurley 0

A typhoon is making its way past Honshu via the Japan sea. For the first time in about two months we were able to sleep without having the air-conditioner switched on. I left the windows open and a cool breeze swept through the billowing curtains throughout the night. This morning, [Read more…]

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Monday 6th September 2010

September 7, 2010 David Hurley 0

A special delivery this morning. The Folio Society’s limited edition of Ovid’s Metamorphoses translated by Sir Arthur Golding. The volume is a hefty 13″ x 9¾”, about the size and weight of a family Bible. It is bound in Nigerian goatskin leather, blocked in gold with a design on the [Read more…]

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Aspects of E. M. Forster

September 6, 2010 David Hurley 0

Title: Aspects of E. M. Forster Location: Aster Plaza, Hiroshima Date: 18th November 2010 Time: 13:30- 15:00 Hosted by: “Sekai O Miru Kai” Description: I will be giving a talk on E. M. Forster and his novels to the Hiroshima based international culture study group, “Sekai O Miru Kai”. I [Read more…]