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Bringer of Light, Chapter 36: Transit, Luna to Ceres
What has gone on before: The Artemis asteroid mining ship crew and Weng, architect turned water reclamation plant engineer and part-time politician, have arrived to train the afflicted United Mars Colonies residents how to cope with their condition. Meanwhile, retired Captain Sergey Bardish suffered a stroke as he and Elodie Gagnon fled the fighting on […]
Onward and upward, Excelsior!
Just passed 200 followers on WordPress. Thank you, everyone! I know I should be posting a whole lot more often than I have. There are LOADS of new science articles and events happening recently, so I’ll see if I can get caught up over the next couple of weeks. Plus a new chapter of Bringer […]
We could live together / crystals on the Moon…
I should be posting another chapter from Bringer of Light, but I don’t feel like writing that right now, what with a humongoid typhoon slowing churning its way here. So here’s an article about what Chinese scientists found in Moon dirt. Also H3. Yay. Let’s make fusion reactors and walk on the Moon together…
Top Posts & Pages
- “Japan should rethink gender roles”? Yeah, no kidding
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- First Year Wall (Part 2) - The (not-so voluntary) parent-teacher conference
- The First Year Wall (Part 1) - Gakudo and the Kid
- End of an Era: Goodbye, Nursery School
- Death of a Cherry Tree
- How Do You Talk to Your Kids About Dying?
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Tag Archives: day care
Nursery Schools: Part II (Finally)
As I posted some time ago, we were fortunate that my oldest daughter was able to enter a city-approved nursery school. We were even more fortunate to have first choice on a new housing plot that wasn’t even technically on … Continue reading
Posted in day care, festivals, Japan, parenting, school, Uncategorized
Tagged child care, child-raising, day care, Japan, Japanese, nursery school
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Year Two: Nursery School
Starting April 1st this year (the beginning of the school year in Japan), I went back to work and my daughter started her first year at a nearby private nursery school. Even prior to the official first day, we attended … Continue reading
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Tagged child care, child education, child-raising, day care, education, fatherhood, half-Japanese, Japan, Japanese, kindergarten, nursery school
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Hitting the Day Care Lottery Jackpot
My wife and I found out, by regular postal mail on January 17th, that our daughter was accepted into a local city-approved nursery school. She’ll start attending with a group of other 2-year-olds in April (the school year always begins … Continue reading
Posted in day care, parenting, Paternity leave, Uncategorized
Tagged child care, child-raising, day care, fatherhood, Japan, Japanese, Paternity leave
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