Mike's Blog

[poliphilo]

My son Mike has a thing about ruins. Japan- where he lives- is dotted with abandoned buildings- some from the boom years, some much older.  Where we'd call in the demolition men- or strip out the insides and build luxury apartments- they just walk out the front door and leave the premises to rot- often with the furnishings intact. They've got a name for these hulks; they call them haikyu. Mike explores haikyu- and blogs about them- and on Saturday he got a very tasty review in the Guardian.

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[daisytells.livejournal.com]

Now that's two of yours with a measure of fame each. It's about what I would expect of your offspring. Do you have other children, too?
Now I'm going to check out Michael's website.
I am a Capricorn -- we all love old things, old places, ancient history, old people, etc. Haikyu (this is new to me) should be right up my alley.

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

I gave the site a quick run-through. It's very well done, full of great pictures. I'll have to revisit another time when I have more time. There's a lot to be seen there. Both Mike and Alice are quite talented. (I wonder where they got that?)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The thing is they grew up in a household where writing was seen as a normative activity.

I've got a third child- Joe- who went into the army and served in Iraq. He's out now and working as a personal trainer. He has writerly ambitions too