Archive for August 26th, 2008

Aug 26 2008

Joe Hisaishi

He is a composer and director, best known for his works with the animator Hayao Miyazaki. My family enjoys his animated films (with Hisaishi’s music) very much. They’re whimscal. King and his friends have been listening to his music lately, he forwards me few .. check them out. 

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Aug 26 2008

The little babies

Published by The Kibbitzer under Saga, View from Bottom

School doesn’t start till next week.  But thank god our schedule is clear for this week: tennis try out time.  Pumpkin and her friends go to school every day this week.  She tells me that high school’s drill is so different from the middle school’s, “they’re serious!”  Many her friends were panting at the end.  She’ll [...]

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Aug 26 2008

Skagway

Published by The Kibbitzer under Going Places

 
Skagway was one of three port of calls on our itinerary. The little town has 862 people year round, doubling that in the summer season when nearly 1m visitors drop by. Like two other ports we visited, Ketchikan and Juneau, there were endless jewelry stores and diamond shops - the pictures here are taken at [...]

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