Hilda
@hildahamar.bsky.social
Author, translator, educator, dreamer
Thanks for adding a new word to my vocabulary. It describes perfectly my reaction to most modern media. Shades of Ecclesiates 12:1.
November 14, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Thanks for adding a new word to my vocabulary. It describes perfectly my reaction to most modern media. Shades of Ecclesiates 12:1.
Quondam vocal coach here. I helped singers whose native language wasn't English negotiate the lyrics I'd written for them. One of them was an action movie star who had never recorded a song before. He did remarkably well.
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Quondam vocal coach here. I helped singers whose native language wasn't English negotiate the lyrics I'd written for them. One of them was an action movie star who had never recorded a song before. He did remarkably well.
I had to read "To the Lighthouse" in grammar school. Our English Literature teacher said that he had the misfortune to sit behind Woolf in an Oxford lecture theatre. He said that her mind was definitely out of its iron cage. She was miles away, constantly stroking and patting her hair.
October 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I had to read "To the Lighthouse" in grammar school. Our English Literature teacher said that he had the misfortune to sit behind Woolf in an Oxford lecture theatre. He said that her mind was definitely out of its iron cage. She was miles away, constantly stroking and patting her hair.
My musical preferences haven’t changed in decades. If I feel like trying something new, I look for something in one of my favourite genres. Over the decades so many great artists have come and gone that there's always something new (for me) in each of those genres. No need for conditioning. 😃
October 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
My musical preferences haven’t changed in decades. If I feel like trying something new, I look for something in one of my favourite genres. Over the decades so many great artists have come and gone that there's always something new (for me) in each of those genres. No need for conditioning. 😃
First-hand accounts of historical events, either significant or mundane. People who experienced trench warfare in WWI. People who survived concentration camps. People who lived through catastrophes and economic depressions. I was born in listening mode.
September 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
First-hand accounts of historical events, either significant or mundane. People who experienced trench warfare in WWI. People who survived concentration camps. People who lived through catastrophes and economic depressions. I was born in listening mode.
I haven't logged in to academia.edu for at least two years. A colleague who was sick of journals taking longer and longer to review her papers decided to upload them to academia.edu, where she received a speedy and gratifying response. The platform isn't for me. Even less so with the T & C changes.
September 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I haven't logged in to academia.edu for at least two years. A colleague who was sick of journals taking longer and longer to review her papers decided to upload them to academia.edu, where she received a speedy and gratifying response. The platform isn't for me. Even less so with the T & C changes.
The cartoon is dated 1975. I don't recall ever seeing that ryakuji, but I do recall the pesky maru-moji that went viral at around that time. Yamane Kazuma did some amazing research on the source of the infection. 😀
September 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The cartoon is dated 1975. I don't recall ever seeing that ryakuji, but I do recall the pesky maru-moji that went viral at around that time. Yamane Kazuma did some amazing research on the source of the infection. 😀
When/Can is how I remember it. Apart from a couple of spells in administration, which I could have declined but didn't, my workload was manageable. So much has changed since then.
September 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
When/Can is how I remember it. Apart from a couple of spells in administration, which I could have declined but didn't, my workload was manageable. So much has changed since then.
Has India experienced the same level of social media disinformation? So many languages, so many cultures, so much history.
September 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Has India experienced the same level of social media disinformation? So many languages, so many cultures, so much history.
Haven't we been down this road before? I recall similar studies in the '60s and '70s. Those were eventually traced back to the sugar industry.
September 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Haven't we been down this road before? I recall similar studies in the '60s and '70s. Those were eventually traced back to the sugar industry.
You're making an outstanding contribution to Japanese language study with such excellent resources.
September 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
You're making an outstanding contribution to Japanese language study with such excellent resources.
Thank you for that list. I listened to some of the bands and gave up when I found myself out of my comfort zone. The vocals were so distorted that I could catch neither the Japanese lyrics nor the occasional word or phrase that may (or may not) have been English.
September 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Thank you for that list. I listened to some of the bands and gave up when I found myself out of my comfort zone. The vocals were so distorted that I could catch neither the Japanese lyrics nor the occasional word or phrase that may (or may not) have been English.
Straight through from start to finish. I begin with an imagined scene, something like the first panel of a movie storyboard. In my mind the character in the scene begins to move, and so do my fingers on the keyboard. I go with the flow, wherever it takes me.
September 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Straight through from start to finish. I begin with an imagined scene, something like the first panel of a movie storyboard. In my mind the character in the scene begins to move, and so do my fingers on the keyboard. I go with the flow, wherever it takes me.
You lost me with "words are (not) metal". I didn't even know there was a metal scene in Japan. Could you point me to one or two representative artists? If I check out the lyrics maybe I'll get some idea of what's involved. Congratulations on your forthcoming book!
September 4, 2025 at 6:19 AM
You lost me with "words are (not) metal". I didn't even know there was a metal scene in Japan. Could you point me to one or two representative artists? If I check out the lyrics maybe I'll get some idea of what's involved. Congratulations on your forthcoming book!
All of the images that you've posted, and that haven't been removed by Bluesky, are keepers. The ones from 1967 brought back happy memories. We didn't all dress like the models in the photos, but we did our best with cast-offs.
September 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
All of the images that you've posted, and that haven't been removed by Bluesky, are keepers. The ones from 1967 brought back happy memories. We didn't all dress like the models in the photos, but we did our best with cast-offs.
Who portrays ChatGPT as a playground for plagiarists? Lots of people using AI to generate dubious content, and often getting caught at it. Is ChatGPT the AI of choice for such behavior?
September 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Who portrays ChatGPT as a playground for plagiarists? Lots of people using AI to generate dubious content, and often getting caught at it. Is ChatGPT the AI of choice for such behavior?
Thank you for not only the beautiful images, but the Model/Year/Photographer captions. Much appreciated!
September 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Thank you for not only the beautiful images, but the Model/Year/Photographer captions. Much appreciated!
The Buddhist temples on Mt Ikoma in Higashi-Osaka, perhaps. Or the Niji-no-matsubara coastline in Karatsu, Kyushu.
September 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The Buddhist temples on Mt Ikoma in Higashi-Osaka, perhaps. Or the Niji-no-matsubara coastline in Karatsu, Kyushu.
I have no idea what that means, but I'm intrigued. You have my full attention.
September 1, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I have no idea what that means, but I'm intrigued. You have my full attention.
Colin Dexter's "Inspector Morse" crime novels are set in Oxford and many of the plots feature Oxford faculty and students. Academic rivalry makes for a compelling motive. No syllabus clues, though.
August 31, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Colin Dexter's "Inspector Morse" crime novels are set in Oxford and many of the plots feature Oxford faculty and students. Academic rivalry makes for a compelling motive. No syllabus clues, though.
Not knowing either Belle & Sebastian or Morrisey, for melancholic lyrics I'd go back to Nick Drake — for a song or two. Any more than that and I get depressed.
August 31, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Not knowing either Belle & Sebastian or Morrisey, for melancholic lyrics I'd go back to Nick Drake — for a song or two. Any more than that and I get depressed.