- 5 hours ago
- 2 min
💧 Dew 露
2023 年 9 月 29 日 Coming back from my morning walk I notice that my shoes are wet. Not surprising. The grass is heavy with dew. 地上は つゆでくつ が...
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- Sep 22
- 6 min
Please stay calm 落ち着いてください
2023 年 11 月 22 日 Do NOT freak out. I have not joined the arms production industry. Years ago, the Frankfurt Theatre group Etzetera were...
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- Sep 13
- 5 min
💦 Hot Hike....暑いハイキング
2023 年 9 月 13 日 Summer ⛱️ .....the fresh green of the ocean breaking onto gleaming sand. But I didn't take this photo. Indeed, I have...
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- Sep 8
- 3 min
Party Time パーティーの時間
2023 年 9 月 8 日 🫵 It doesn't matter if you left school years ago, or that you have no school-age children, or indeed if your life has...
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- Sep 1
- 5 min
In the Sticks III. Brandenburg. 田舎で Ⅱ. ブランデンブルク
2023 年 9 月 1 日 Hello, I am a grasshopper. As Nigel has been leaving all his windows open of late I thought I would investigate. But I...
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- Aug 25
- 11 min
In the Sticks II : Borderline 田舎で Ⅱ． 国境
2023 年 8 月 25 日 All my customers seem to coming back from holiday now. Some come bearing gifts...... 顧客は日本から贈り物を持ってきます Especially...
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- Aug 18
- 5 min
In the sticks 田舎で
2023 年 8 月 18 日 Let's see..... It was an innocent enough hike. Vladimir, Phe and myself alighted at Rückersbacher Schlucht railway halt...
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- Aug 11
- 4 min
Babies 赤ちゃん
2023 年 8 月 11 日 Babies. They pee, they fart, they make atrocious smells and scream....and they take over your life.........but one little...
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- Aug 4
- 5 min
Margaret マーガレット
2023 年 8 月 4 日 Sometimes I feel that our lives are like planets orbiting through space☄️ Other planets come near us and pass by, never...
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- Jul 28
- 4 min
The Lady in Grey
２０２３年7月28日 Hello! I am the Lady in Grey from next door, and I have come to say hello to Nigel. It is difficult to translate my name into...
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- Jul 21
- 7 min
🍨 + Physics ぶつりがく
2023 年7 月 21日 An advertising agency contacted me recently. Could I record this English text? It was for Lufthansa, who were doing a...
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- Jul 14
- 6 min
Einhard アインハルト
2023 年7月14日 Here is a picture of four walkers cavorting around in a ..........church? 🤔.......No, hang on, we don't do things like that....
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- Jul 7
- 7 min
Snails and things....カタツムリと物
2023 年 7 月 7 日 This week some of you received an email saying that Nigel had published a new post. But when you clicked to see more there...
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- Jun 30
- 5 min
Blue 青
🔵 Blue on blue. The pen, the beer, ........the memory......ペン、ビル、懐かし... To be honest, I was not very impressed with the HELLES Bavarian...
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- Jun 22
- 6 min
Shade 陰 Ombra (mai fù)
2023年6月22日 No. I am not turning into a train nerd. However, whilst looking for my platform at Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof last Sunday...
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- Jun 15
- 8 min
Films, films.....映画! 映画!
2023 年 6 月 15 日 It's 9.30 pm on Monday evening. This morning I said goodbye to my last passenger, a lecturer at the Tokyo University of...
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- Jun 8
- 6 min
Opinion いけん
2023 年 6 月 8 日 "Why are you learning Japanese?" is one of the common questions I get asked. Well, it's simple really. I like making new...
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- Jun 1
- 7 min
A Table by the Window 窓際のテーブル
2023 年 6 月 1 日 (This week I am hosting Svitlana Borzenko's blog. Svitlana has been living in exile in Frankfurt since early last year. It...
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- May 25
- 4 min
Where is the melody? メロディーはどこにある?
2023年5月25日 The other day I was in the kitchen and this suddenly reached my ears on the radio.....Schubert's Impromptu Nr.3 Op. 90. - an...
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- May 19
- 6 min
.............🥛
2023年5月19日 Fancy a glass of cool milk on a hot day? Maybe flavoured with banana or strawberry? I've been walking in the Rhine valley and...
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