This week, I have chosen these beautiful purple Campanula カンパニュラ to decorate the reception room of the Smith`s school of English スミス英会話 in Fuse, Higashi Osaka東大阪布施 (click here to get to the main page of the English Conversation school 英会話学校のメインサイトはこちらへ。) Commonly known as Bellflower in English, the name Campanula stems from the Latin original name. […]
The Nature of Things
I grew up with a TV program called The Nature of Things, which airs once a week and features host David Suzuki, a famous Canadian environmentalist. The premise of the show is nature, and science, and how humans live with and affect the natural world. As a science show, it is informative and interesting, as […]
A Warm Welcome
In January of 2010 I was asked about joining the local volunteer fire corps, and having been a POC (Paid on Call) firefighter in Canada for 5 years, I was excited to learn about Japanese firefighting techniques and fire corps SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures). Plus I thought it would be a great opportunity to meet […]
