There’s a big jump in time from the baby in the first picture below to the one here, over twice the age that my father was then and dressed in the casual costume of a Japanese artisan. My first life, from that time in about 1942 until ten years ago, is a mass of happy memories and of course a great deal to do with what I am now, but this site is about my new life since the moment when my partner Haremi suggested that I might like to try an evening class in pottery ……
