Hospital Day – i should be better at this now but trying
A friendly cheese ball pose from the bus stop as a time marker for heading to the hospital {totally spaced […]
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A friendly cheese ball pose from the bus stop as a time marker for heading to the hospital {totally spaced […]
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Field Notes: Anyway, this preamble suggests this article will share something useful about the region however it does not :)
Since then, I’ve learned much more but really the best resources are below in the form of Setouchi Explorer blog and Island Art Center’s dispatches. But hey, some fun snaps of ferries, outdoor installations and other cafe and villages vibes here.
Consider this a placeholder for further documentation {if you have something “non-generic tourist pablum to share, let me know}
My experience, despite living so close, is very limited and in this case the following snapshots are from a simple day trip to Naoshima in which I visited zero museums
You see, in June 2019, my arborist wife was working nearby Uno port, a jumping off point to the islands, so I bussed over (along, the way documented my reading, coffees and flashbacks per usual
Field Notes: Naoshima art island & Uno Port, Setouchi 2019 Read Post »
using pinking shears, construction paper, paint, markers, twine and music, i make a big banner sign for my kiddo’s birthday
Making Ichiro’s Birthday banner sign in the kura Read Post »
Found in the archive: a letter written, apparently to a friend from teenage days, travelling on Pacific Blue Drum Corps
Up to Here: “a life catch-up” letter to a teenage pal Read Post »
Pardon brevity: busy times there! (years past much more mellow) but we visited our friends The Hosokawas [kiln firing, studio
Diary: quick hits from Bizen Ceramic Fest Read Post »
In the middle of a night leading up to our wedding preparations #DRO420, we visited notable Potter (and Ryoko’s friend) Hosokawa Takahiro
Hosokawa-san’s Bizen-yaki pottery / sake cups for #DRO420 Read Post »
Preamble: I am hereI’m tryingI’m flusteredI changed my outfit twice (possibly more)because autumn remains elusiveSeveral checkpoints and transfers aheadYes, flustered
Diary: hospitals, lunch, postcards, bus… just the same + ramen & moon Read Post »
Amongst our outings, me and my darlings Ryoko & Ichiro, found ourselves at Bird Live House [map] here in Okayama
Outing: Live House Bird Christmas jam, Dec. 2022 Read Post »
observations, in a reverse order if you are noting chronologies: Yesterday, a spark of independenceSimple as it was, as it
Vignettes: busses, hospitals, sandos, baths and walls Read Post »
Popped in to visit our buddy, the master of “the piano bar” on a fairly anonymous third floor here in
the “Piano Bar” visiting friend Ren-san & thinking about cozy music spaces Read Post »
Along the way on our shinkonryoko (honeymoon) ramble, we rode all sorts of trains which are documented in various ways
Shinkonryoko Trains, round-up, vol. 1 / Thunderbird, Hanayume Noren etc. Read Post »
I always have things meaning to tell you but recently barely getting out of bed but, was out in kura
Rock Records & Books, video preview – *maybe* Read Post »
Today. So far: Project “Caboose” underway Papers for project “Caboose” stamped (in 8 places) & signed So tired, oxygen. Need
Diary: Caboose + chats and cards and cuts Read Post »
8:53 OK Dave, gotta get up, pull yourself together / Head out the door at 9:42 bound for Okayama University
Healing: just another hospital day (w/ minor breakdown) Read Post »
Of the many pieces of advice, my dear Mom gave me, one came when I was the small kid with
Building Kinship with Griffin and Sabine Read Post »
{at further risk of embarrassing myself ;)} A song for my awesome kid – about who he is, where he
Ichiro’s theme (on baritone ukulele) Read Post »