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LATEST POSTS

Is There Anybody Out There?

Published by GOAT 山羊

Hi, all. This is a note to any surviving subscribers to this, my old blog. You have surely noticed that I stopped posting years back, as I have a...

February 7, 2017
Comments 4
Uncategorized

Making Tracks: My New Site Is (Sort Of) Ready!

Published by GOAT 山羊

Hi, all. Thanks for your patience. I’ll keep this short. This will be my final post on The Goat that Wrote. I’ve spent the last few months working long...

July 1, 2016
Comments 4
Australia, Random Rambles

The Blog Kept A-Rollin’

Published by GOAT 山羊

Hey, folks, Just checking in with some exciting news. I’ve spent most of my waking hours over the last month, and even many of the sleeping ones, building my new website,...

May 26, 2016
Comments 24
Random Rambles

Animals: Some Recent Posts

Animals, Beach & Coastal Walking, Urban Walking

Merry…Solstice!

Hey, all. Well, I’d started another flashback-to-Japan post from the last trip, but it was so bleak and un-Christmasy, even for me, that I’ve decided to spare you such...

December 22, 2015
Comments 20
Animals, Australia, Gardening

Handsome Little Devils: The Water Dragons Revisited

Hey, all. I’ve bitched about Summer on here more than once: the energy-sucking heat, of course; the harsh, high-contrast, drama-killing, colour-draining light (photographically speaking); the insanely early start required...

December 10, 2015
Comments 20
Animals, Australia, Urban Walking

All Creatures Great & Just Plain Awesome

G’day, all. Lately I’ve been buried beneath a pile of virtual images from Japan over 5,000 shots deep, and am briefly surfacing for air and to check in with...

November 26, 2015
Comments 15

The Backwards 88: Some Recent Posts

Animals, Australia, Japan, The Backwards 88

The Welcome Committee

There were some things about getting home that were a definite improvement on Japan… ..but overall, this was the toughest time I’ve ever had leaving a country. Hey, all....

October 26, 2015
Comments 18
Japan, Long-Distance Walking, The Backwards 88

Going Against the Flow: Pilgrim Portraits on the Shikoku Henro

ON A HASHIHAMA-BOUND TRAIN, THURSDAY MORNING Hi again, all. Well, my pilgrimage may be over but the journey and adventure roll on. I stayed two nights in Matsuyama, back...

October 15, 2015
Comments 11
Japan, Long-Distance Walking, The Backwards 88

The Backwards 88, Day 47: And Then, Suddenly, I Ran Out of Temples

Hey, all! Yes, the circle will be unbroken — thanks for asking. At 4:50 this afternoon I entered the temple gate at number 1, bringing me back to where...

October 12, 2015
Comments 18

Beach & Coastal Walking: Some Recent Posts

Animals, Beach & Coastal Walking, Urban Walking

Merry…Solstice!

Hey, all. Well, I’d started another flashback-to-Japan post from the last trip, but it was so bleak and un-Christmasy, even for me, that I’ve decided to spare you such...

December 22, 2015
Comments 20
Animals, Australia, Beach & Coastal Walking

Back Among My People

G’day, all. The standard apologies for the long time between posts, the tardiness of my response to always-appreciated comments, and for just generally being an awful human being. I’ve...

November 7, 2015
Comments 23
Animals, Australia, Beach & Coastal Walking

The Truth About Flathead Lies

The tide was low, the air crisp and a winter sunrise was stirring the embers beyond Moreton Island as I approached the mouth to Cabbage Tree Creek. A lone...

July 19, 2015
Comments 12

Environment: Some Recent Posts

Animals, Australia, Environment

Leader of the Pack

“Hey, little dudes! How’s it goin’?” My magpie welcoming party always assembles the same way: one sharp-eyed individual — The same one each time? Who can say? — leaves its...

July 24, 2015
Comments 15
Animals, Environment, Gardening, Korea

A Korean Flashback #2: I Was a Rice-Paddy Spider Man

The spiders were everywhere over there. When westerners talk about Korea as a destination or somewhere they lived and taught for a year or two, they often lose me pretty fast...

January 17, 2015
Comments 15
Australia, Environment, Streams, Creeks & Rivers, Urban Walking

Progress

If you build it…

October 10, 2014
Comments 17

Gardening: Some Recent Posts

Animals, Australia, Gardening

Handsome Little Devils: The Water Dragons Revisited

Hey, all. I’ve bitched about Summer on here more than once: the energy-sucking heat, of course; the harsh, high-contrast, drama-killing, colour-draining light (photographically speaking); the insanely early start required...

December 10, 2015
Comments 20
Gardening, Japan, Long-Distance Walking, The Backwards 88

The Backwards 88, Day 8: Sandal Power in North-Eastern Shikoku

Greetings, folks, from rainy Kan’onji City on the western fringes of Kagawa Prefecture, Shikoku. If you’re the kind of weirdo who prefers kanji (Chinese characters), I’m here to help: 観音寺市. It’s...

September 3, 2015
Comments 10
Gardening, Korea, Urban Walking

A Korean Flashback #3: At Peace Among the Korean War Dead

The Korean War of 1950-1953 is probably more obscure for most non-Koreans — especially younger ones — than the older but far crazier, bigger, badder war of 1939-1945, and definitely than...

March 19, 2015
Comments 12

Hiking: Some Recent Posts

Animals, Hiking, Japan, Long-Distance Walking

Pilgrim Country!

I, KUKAI, WAS FOND OF WANDERING OVER MOUNTAINS IN MY YOUTH. WENT HIKING TO THE SOUTH FROM YOSHINO FOR ONE DAY AND THROUGH TO THE WEST FOR TWO DAYS....

August 20, 2015
Comments 12
Animals, Hiking, Japan, Mountains

Escape from Tomuraushi/Insect Meditations

From a picnic table in the shade in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, the conclusion of my Daisetsuzan saga… I went to sleep, or what passes for sleep at Club Mountaingoat,...

August 15, 2015
Comments 2
Hiking, Japan, Mountains

Boulder-Hopping in Wildflower Heaven

Well, folks, here I am again in my de facto Tokyo office with the soft-jazz soundtrack and the students frowning over their papers and textbooks with the single caramel frappuccino they’ll...

August 12, 2015
Comments 4

Long-Distance Walking: Some Recent Posts

Japan, Long-Distance Walking, The Backwards 88

Going Against the Flow: Pilgrim Portraits on the Shikoku Henro

ON A HASHIHAMA-BOUND TRAIN, THURSDAY MORNING Hi again, all. Well, my pilgrimage may be over but the journey and adventure roll on. I stayed two nights in Matsuyama, back...

October 15, 2015
Comments 11
Japan, Long-Distance Walking, The Backwards 88

The Backwards 88, Day 47: And Then, Suddenly, I Ran Out of Temples

Hey, all! Yes, the circle will be unbroken — thanks for asking. At 4:50 this afternoon I entered the temple gate at number 1, bringing me back to where...

October 12, 2015
Comments 18
Japan, Long-Distance Walking, The Backwards 88

The Backwards 88, Day 40: Pilgrim Postcards

[You might have received this post in your inbox erroneously titled “Day 39”. I just realised I’d lost a day! It happens on the blurry path to wisdom!] A...

October 5, 2015
Comments 12

Mountains: Some Recent Posts

Animals, Hiking, Japan, Mountains

Escape from Tomuraushi/Insect Meditations

From a picnic table in the shade in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, the conclusion of my Daisetsuzan saga… I went to sleep, or what passes for sleep at Club Mountaingoat,...

August 15, 2015
Comments 2
Hiking, Japan, Mountains

Boulder-Hopping in Wildflower Heaven

Well, folks, here I am again in my de facto Tokyo office with the soft-jazz soundtrack and the students frowning over their papers and textbooks with the single caramel frappuccino they’ll...

August 12, 2015
Comments 4
Hiking, Japan, Mountains

Just a Tiny Bit Lost in the Big Snowy Mountains

“I wasn’t lost; I just didn’t know where I was for a few weeks.” ~ Pioneer mountain man Jim Bridger This morning I was able to wash my one...

August 7, 2015
Comments 9

Random Rambles: Some Recent Posts

Australia, Random Rambles

Making Tracks: My New Site Is (Sort Of) Ready!

Hi, all. Thanks for your patience. I’ll keep this short. This will be my final post on The Goat that Wrote. I’ve spent the last few months working long...

July 1, 2016
Comments 4
Random Rambles

The Blog Kept A-Rollin’

Hey, folks, Just checking in with some exciting news. I’ve spent most of my waking hours over the last month, and even many of the sleeping ones, building my new website,...

May 26, 2016
Comments 24
Australia, Random Rambles, Streams, Creeks & Rivers

Like a Duck to Water

I sometimes tell people I “grew up on and around boats,” and it’s true — but I always hasten to add that they should not infer from that any...

June 13, 2015
Comments 17

Road Walking: Some Recent Posts

Road Walking, USA

Unexpectedly Spring: Some Snowmelt Reflections

Well, the snow is starting to melt and the air smells like spring…  That’s how Kate’s email began this morning (yesterday afternoon New York time). I was at once overcome with...

March 11, 2015
Comments 20
Road Walking, Urban Walking, USA

Paw Prints & Sleeping Perennials: The Neighbourhood in Winter #3

With just under a week remaining in Queensland, I’ve enjoyed every day since “resolving” the passport problem and allowing myself to relax and soak in the sunshine and the very...

April 26, 2014
Comments 12
Road Walking, Urban Walking, USA

Beyond the Back Steppes: The Neighbourhood in Winter #1

Hi, all. I’ve been a bad, bad blogger again, but hopefully I can get back in the groove after perhaps my longest break from posting since embarking on the...

April 17, 2014
Comments 10

Streams, Creeks & Rivers: Some REcent Posts

Australia, Random Rambles, Streams, Creeks & Rivers

Like a Duck to Water

I sometimes tell people I “grew up on and around boats,” and it’s true — but I always hasten to add that they should not infer from that any...

June 13, 2015
Comments 17
Australia, Streams, Creeks & Rivers

A Lake in the Living Room

Let’s live where the indoors and the outdoors meet ~ Silver Jews, Like Like the the the Death This is the part where my love affair with Mud is put...

May 4, 2015
Comments 20
Australia, Beach & Coastal Walking, Streams, Creeks & Rivers

What I Did at the Seaside: An Aimless Thousand Miles #3

The final instalment of Sandgate pictures taken over five months and a thousand miles of coastal rambling. There are a few stormy pictures here — appropriately, as this morning...

February 20, 2015
Comments 17

Urban Walking: Some Recent Posts

Animals, Beach & Coastal Walking, Urban Walking

Merry…Solstice!

Hey, all. Well, I’d started another flashback-to-Japan post from the last trip, but it was so bleak and un-Christmasy, even for me, that I’ve decided to spare you such...

December 22, 2015
Comments 20
Animals, Australia, Urban Walking

All Creatures Great & Just Plain Awesome

G’day, all. Lately I’ve been buried beneath a pile of virtual images from Japan over 5,000 shots deep, and am briefly surfacing for air and to check in with...

November 26, 2015
Comments 15
Hiking, Japan, Urban Walking

Flying by Falcon, Rocking with Rose

Travelling in Japan is all about the trains — well, except for those annoying mountain-hiking parts. The whole country is a train-spotter’s paradise, with prizes including the almost obscenely streamlined...

July 29, 2015
Comments 6
CURRENTLY BASED IN BAYSIDE BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, AFTER MY LATEST ADVENTURE, A 47-DAY, 1,300KM REVERSE-DIRECTION PHOTOGRAPHIC EPIC ON THE 88-TEMPLE PILGRIMAGE, SHIKOKU, JAPAN. THANKS FOR READING! "CONDEMNED TO DRIFT, OR ELSE BE KEPT FROM DRIFTING" ~ BOB DYLAN

YOUR HOST, THE GOAT THAT WROTE, HARD AT WORK IN THE OFFICE, CAMERA, COFFEE & KEYBOARD CLOSE AT HAND. SANDGATE, AUSTRALIA, 2014.

I WALK ALONE -- MOSTLY.

THE CHINESE CHARACTERS FOR "GOAT". I DISCOVERED THEM IN JAPAN, WHERE I LIVED FOR OVER THREE YEARS & BECAME HOOKED ON WALKING & MOUNTAINS. IN JAPAN, THESE "KANJI" (CHARACTERS) ARE PRONOUNCED "YAGI".

LET THE MIRROR EXPRESS THE ROOM

THE 'DIGITAL FOUNTAINS' QUOTE AT THE BOTTOM IS FROM THE SILVER JEWS SONG 'BUCKINGHAM RABBIT', LYRICS BY DAVID BERMAN

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