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Pope John Paul 2 Has Died
Today, many things have made me think about death. Pope John Paul 2 has died. For me, who had no connection with Catholicism when I lived in Japan, he was the Pope. When he came to…
Hearing of a Death, I Boil De Cecco
Hearing of a death, I boil De Cecco; looking out the window, sunlight spills over the cherry tree next door. I read on Mayumi’s blog that a close friend of hers had passed away. It…
Words That Fall Scattering as They Ask Forever
Because Ameblo had been closed for a while for renewal, I visited “Kaze Maria” for the first time in a long time and found the following tanka poems. The leaves of words, asking fo…
Popnup Blog
I am customizing PopnupBlog 2 Redwood. By default, its format makes heavy use of tables and, to my taste, is hard to read. So I customized the template to remove tables as much as…
School Education
Today, the Konishi couple came over. They are senior friends from my London days. Dai Konishi teaches finance at Hitotsubashi University, but says that he has recently become very…
Drupal and Xoops
I operate about 7 sites using Xoops. This site, www.sakimura.org, is one of them. But I cannot say that I truly love Xoops. The things I dislike about it are as follows. (1) It use…
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