Rain Delays Play

It was raining hard when we woke up this morning and it’s not stopped all day, here in Akita prefecture. It’s been pretty frustrating – especially for Katy. For a photographer, rain is a virtual guarantee of a wasted day, unless you’re fortunate enough to have assignments indoors. That’s not really been the case for ...
The Akita News

The Demon Drunk There’s a case to argue that parents in the west are getting too soft. Katy and I grew up well after corporal punishment was outlawed in schools the UK, and people said life was getting too easy for kids then. I’ve heard horror stories about schools being told not to use red ...