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Real Life Comic: Our Excuse 
Why are we always late? What can we be doing all the time, if not preparing updates for this web site? This month’s comic tells you all about preparations for the new year in Japan, and explains how it’s busy enough to delay anything.
New story! 2005-01-22
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Neko Manga: New Stories
Wild cat food hunting champion Maru makes his Neko Manga debut, and shows off his successful food-stealing technique. Plus another brief attempt to figure out what’s going on between Kyoku and Boss Hana.
New stories! 2005-01-22
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Life with the Cats
So who are they? We started off fighting them, then we tried to live with them, and now one of them (at least) lives with us. In the end, they always win. These pages chronicle the history of our life with the cats.
Updated! 2005-01-22
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Real Life Comic: Food (2)
Our monthly cartoon series continues its food theme. The dining pleasures of ‘V-city’ include dishes from China, from India, Italy, Greece, and any number of other places – even Japan. Now, back in Fukuoka, what do we miss the most? It has a lot to do with lamb, and dumplings.
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Real Life Comic: Food (1)
The latest instalment in our monthly cartoon series. (Yes, it did change from being twice a month.) Learn about the pressures of the appetite in a foreign country, and the dangers of tasty frozen food. Also new this month: bigger images! Click on the ‘detail’ button to follow the story panel by panel.
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Real Life Comic: Introduction
What are the real big events of summer 2004? Fireworks? Beer? A non-stick frypan? We kick off our new cartoon series with a story about the important things in life.
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Wind and Weather
With humidity and temperatures rising, rain clouds overhead, and damp seeping in from every open – and closed – space in the house, it looked like time to talk about the weather.
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We are not alone
Our house is old by contemporary Japanese standards, but it is still a pleasant and comfortable place. We are not alone in thinking this. This essay describes our troubles with wild cats, hornets, a giant centipede, and a weasel family – all of whom tried to move in with us.
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Seasons in the
Shady Garden
The original ‘Shady Garden’ pages talked about last year’s garden. Here’s what happened next. Click on small flower pictures on the ‘season’ pages to jump to the detail pictures and text.
NOTE: heavy graphics
Updated! 2004-09-30
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Seasons in the
Shady Garden
No, we shouldn’t envy people with spacious, sunlit gardens. We live here, and we learned the hard way to make the best of what we have. A photo essay, shady plant guide, and garden commentary. NOTE: heavy graphics
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The Garden
We began with archaeology and ended with shade, pots, and optimism. This essay describes the layout of the garden, soil types, and various other disadvantages. We aim to be encouraging.
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 Date posted: 2005-01-22
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