Comments on: Rural Kitakyushu: Dammed Rivers

By: Sonya

Sonya — Mon, 09 May 2005 19:47:55 +0000

Just an oblique reference to a rather popular TV show called Desperate Housewives, which takes place on Wisteria Lane in suburbia, USA. It’s a pretty funny show, with the women doing all KINDS of crazy things. Not that you watch that sort of thing even when in this neck of the woods! But given the earthquakes and other neurosis-inducing aspects of Kitakyushu, you never know what might happen! ;)

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 09 May 2005 08:53:17 +0000

Yeah, I’ve thought about that a lot lately. Plus his love of visiting temples, shrines, festivals and suchlike. Regarding the wisteria, it’s true: I have no idea what you’re getting at. Care to enlighten me?

By: Sonya

Sonya — Mon, 09 May 2005 06:58:47 +0000

I imagine your long cycling explorations are akin to papa’s long rides on his motorbike in 1960′s Taiwan. Very cool. As I recall, he too loved to take photographs, black and white ones on his Leica. When I was in Taiwan ten (!) years ago there was a reservoir that I particularly enjoyed visiting, but no red bridge. It had a very picturesque pagoda though. (And I’m guessing you have no idea that you might be asking for trouble mentioning wisteria and your lovely wife in the same paragraph?)