O-shogotsu Food & laughs with Family
Just a few quick snaps from the mellow New Year’s time at the Fujita household – just me, Ryoko, baby
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Typing Intentions + Annotations (with coffee), New Year 2021
Did a little live streamed hang out while banging out some big picture themes and a bunch of practical to-do tasks {as well as a note to self}.
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Personal Musings
Best Year Ever Ahoy ~ 2021 / Reiwa 3
We won’t quite make it till midnight so… as we cuddle in at Tsuchida Cottage (in always sunny Okayama, Japan),
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Personal Musings
Happy Merry, All the Festive, Every Joyful
Fondly from Dave, Ryoko & Ichiro Stanley Thorvald of Tsuchida Cottage, Okayama, Japan on a usual Friday, Dec. 25, Reiwa 2 / 2020
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Note: Dec 25, out n about (with treasures) on a quest
Today is regular Friday here on Japan > we are on a mysterious mission {explain later} but along the way,
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Postbox Haiku Painting exhibit artifacts from the Goat Farm
+ Postbox Haiku Exhibit at the Goat Farm: In which I combine love of poetry, painting and postal mail and
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Personal Musings
Riff: Ghosts of Festive Losts {Christmas Any/no/elsewhere}
Sometimes you feel like a person left in the “lost luggage” room… You sit, you wait for the person to
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Ichiro card (bonus) “new intern” 6 months
Me and the new intern are progressing well. Six months tomorrow. Best best best #io He’s got a tooth and
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Haiku: Graves & Trains
Rubbing faded kanji From mossy tilted Edo graves Shinkansen shooshes past
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Riff: Joe Strummer, Silver & Gold
Joe Strummer (Mellor) died around this day 17 years ago, not too old but old enough to leave an exceptionally
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Cottage: Desks Cuddling Up Splendidly
Our two desks seem to be cozying up splendidly {so cute together! almost watching wood grain} We just picked up
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Memo: 7 year with this green Mavili cap
Celebrating seven years with this fine handmade Mavili hat. Alas the scarf is lost along the way, busted this jacket
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Notes to Future Self
Note: Japan trad house is sorta “camping”
living in Japan trad house is basically camping, sleep on a mat on a straw floor, fire up stew 2
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I picked you flowers (painting & poem)
Picked you some flowers while I was out Placed in a vase, slightly chipped Perhaps you and the blooms will
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Kinfolk + Pals
Thumbs-up for Anders
His four brothers are wishing number five Andrew Olson great success in today’s procedure. Thumbs-up Ace.
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Personal Musings
Kitchen: multi-purpose ginger, turmeric, chutney, kraut round-up
Today: putting sauerkraut in jars, making chutney from persimmons, washing up dishes, drinking another coffee, making barley tea, there is
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