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One Flew Under the Wasp’s Nest

Posted on Tuesday, June 4, 2019 by wildinjapan

Hold the paper up to the light (some rays pass right through) Expose yourself out there for a minute (some rays pass right through) “Paper”, Talking Heads Hi blog. This is a short post based, again, on a “stumbled upon” … Continue reading →

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Sing one’s supper

Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 by wildinjapan

Hi blog. The worst of the heat has passed, and in fact we’ve had some rather cool nights recently. Signs of the approaching end of summer are around us – the days are noticebly shorter than they were just three weeks … Continue reading →

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Splitting hairs? An adventure in Cross-Linguistic Naming

Posted on Sunday, November 6, 2011 by wildinjapan

One of the interesting aspects of doing any anything nature-related in Japan is the difference in nomenclature between the English and Japanese languages. Most non-linguists tend to think in very absolute terms – generally along the lines that their language’s … Continue reading →

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