On the left are links to information about various aspects of my journey to Japan. Please browse away. Being that I lead such an exciting life here (ahem, well I have a constant flow of new experiences anyways) things will most likely be regularly changing on the site so check back whenever you have a chance, you never know what you'll find (you and me both!).
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Few days left to gaze The melting snow of Fuji Carries us away |
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Thursday, May 26, 2005 Check out my new blog Under a television sky over at blogspot. I have a couple of posts up already. Go add your two cents in the commments section! Wed, May 25th 2005
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to travel to China with three of my friends. We had a fantastic time! I've been meaning to put some pictures up on my web page, but my friend Christi beat me to it. Here's a link to her awesome page describing our trip with pictures and video, and another link to a photo gallery of all our pictures. Enjoy! Recently I discovered that another of my traveling companions, Miss Cressida Atkin actually does have her own little spot on the web. Check it out here, and learn about the hidden charms of Mt. Fuji, Japanese and Brittish graduation ceremonies, and interestings facts about Fuji High school. You can even see a picture of Cress in a Kimono! Monday, Jan 18th 2005
This past weekend I
was able to go on a tour of the Ueda Industries paper factory in
Yoshiwara. It was really interesting, I'll try to put up a
link to the pictures I took on the tour.
Monday, October 18th
2004 I finally
fixed my bio section. It now links to my teaching portfolio
and a section that has some examples of my artwork. A few of
the colors of the pages in that sections don't match, something I
still have to work on.
Monday, July 12th 2004 There are some new pictures up in the photos section. I've got some new picturess of the leaver's party, the Fuji love concert that almost wasn't, and this years Izu Tub race, which, sadly I wansn't able to win New look for the site. I thought it needed a change. So far, I've just updated the frontpage, but I aim to work on the rest of the page as well, starting with the pictures section. Should also have another drawing up either later today or tomorrow. I put up a new pastel drawing that I did, which you can find at right. I've been inspired lately to do some drawings of sakura. The Pictures section is also starting to come along, and has been redesigned to make it easier for me to upload pictures. Check back next week for some new additions. New look for the site. I thought it needed a change. So far, I've just updated the frontpage, but I aim to work on the rest of the page as well, starting with the pictures section. Should also have another drawing up either later today or tomorrow. We're
now into spring vacation here in Japan. Which is, differing from
the western tradition, actually the vacation between school years
and financial years. For me, It is also the time for slow
easy days at school. The time for warm weather once again,
and also the time for sakura, cherry blossoms, to return in all
their fleeting magnificence as they do every year. You can
find a nice page describing the sakura phenomenon here. Lately
I've been trying to get some more art done, especially now
that I have some free time again. I've challenged
myself to try and draw something everyday for the next
year. My school has gotten a new scanner, so I'll be able to
scan my work into the computer. The first picture that I
finished appears at left. It's a picture of one of the
famous temples at Kamakura, seen in the spring. I did this
picture for the principal of my school as a farewell
present. Sadly, every year at Japanese schools about a dozen
teachers transfer to different schools across the prefecture,
usually only staying at one school for about three years.
This year my principal will be leaving our school and moving to
Shizuoka city. He will be missed. My
HTML skills have fallen into disarray from lack of use but I'm
attempting to brush up again and make some much needs updates to
my page. To anyone viewing, yoroshiku onagaishimas!
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Fuji san himself. One of the many fantastic pictures of the
"Most highest mountain in Japan", Mt. Fuji
Looking out over Mt. Yotei in Hokkaido
Some of my artwork:
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Kamakura in Spring by Bryan Bonham
Life drawing, pastel
Opaque watercolor, from Annie Hall. Where is that Mcluhan?
Brush and ink
Tales from Japan
