March 11, 2016
Today is the 5th anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake. It was the most powerful earthquake to ever hit Japan and the fourth most powerful earthquake in the world since modern record-keeping began in 1900.
I was working here at the time and I remember the day and those that followed. It was a terrible time and five years on, the country is still trying to find a way to deal with both the financial (and more importantly), the psychological damage.
March 10, 2016
It's nearly Friday again. This weekend I will be parcelling up some of the stuff I have bought while over here. Next week is the last five days of work. It's going very quickly now.
March 09, 2016
This month, I am reading the following books. They have all been on my list for a while now.
March 07, 2016
Got some writing stuff done today. A nice bottle of Loewe Pour Homme also arrived. It's a vintage and hard to find so I am very pleased. I managed to find it for a good price, especially when compared to eBay.
March 06, 2016
BBC Scotland reports:
JK Rowling spent two hours at the library on Saturday, taking part in a book group that was discussing her novel The Cuckoo's Calling.
Senior library assistant Stewart Bain had invited the author to attend the group over Twitter the previous day - but never expected her to come.
Mr Bain said everyone in the group was "gobsmacked" to see her.
"It really was quite unbelievable. We'd heard a rumour earlier that she had arrived in Orkney and then all of a sudden she was there," he said.
"I think it's fantastic that she came all the way here to see us and shows the level of support and passion that she has for her readers."
The Saturday Slaughters book group was discussing JK Rowling's 2013 crime novel which was written under her pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
Wish she would come and visit our library.