Diary: Haircut + Post Office (again)
Hit up the barber / time machine by the post office > still 1982 in here with faded photos of […]
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Kitchen: Ume Ferments and Garden Veg ~ round-up
Harvesting Ume: Ryoko Olson in her professional environment climbing trees (note her awesome boots and toolbelt), trimming branches and raining
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Ichi and Papa visit Ohaka on Father’s Day
Me and the little champion went up to the grandma and grandpa‘s graves to light some incense, give a clean
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Personal Musings
Diary: Cartography, Poetry and Bus Rides
Re: Amateur Cartography Over the wall to seitai treatment (as such, obligatory bus stop snappie for evidence) with The Weakerthans
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Diary: What Comes Next? Shambling along on Summer schemes
What happens next? Summertime schemes… So, the mysterious “operation turtle” is as wrapped up as gonna getThe “healing ramble” project
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Memo: Still-life at visit to Mac’s Farm
“Over the wall” for a visit with farmer Mac / the cafe & market operation is affected by the current
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Travel: Trip to Yubara Onsen and Katsuyama, part 1
[From March 23-25 2020] Leaving the workers to their work as they switch to more “modern equipment” with nail guns
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Personal Musings
Diary: Bubble Family, making steps…
Big moves in our lil bubble compound: My wonderful in-laws Junko & Takushi are getting Pfizerized on Sunday here in
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Diary: 3 wooden stick projects (sign post, postbox, wind phone)
Mounted three pieces of raw wood into Tsuchida tsuchi (soil) with concrete (or is it cement? – which do you
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Kitchen: making Miso from scratch (ready in New Year)
Pretty sure I earned a Japanese merit badge today. Made our own Miso from scratch! Will sit in this old
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Diary: Rocking out (buying stones)
Wife (arborist/ trad landscape designer) let me tag along on some rock shopping expedition. I am amused at logistics of
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Snaps: Korakuen Gardens (Mother’s Day out)
4 (more) views at Korakuen Gardens, Okayama – One of three “great, official, significant/something“ gardens in Japan built during the
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Diary: Day out to Ukan village
I mean, how can i not adore all of this scene? {Ukan village, Okayama-ken} Visited a shodo calligraphy exhibition at
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2nd Wedding Anniversary Riffs (i would dye for you)
Always more to tell you but… Over the past three days we sort of revisited our 2019 three day wedding
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Personal Musings
Diary: Grateful for hanami picnic (& projects finishing)
Grateful for the usual days (amongst the tumult) ~ Spontaneous picnic along the canal in pleasantly provincial Okayama. A few
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Personal Musings
Riff: about Tsuchida Cottage construction + vids
A few notes originally written to a friend as a letter in Feb 2021 riffing about the “Tsuchida Cottage” (soon
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