Rabbit Holes of History: Japan, War & Post-war (incl. O. Stone + D. MacArthur) & Micronesia
My pal Tom wrote the following (March 27, 2017): Been watching Oliver Stone’s “History of the United States” on Netflix. […]
Personal Musings
Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Off to Library + cuppa Joe / good luck, stamps, ovens & social niceties
Note: Some of this riff originally appeared in “real time” via FB social channel to the amusement of many (everyone
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Days go by – filled (mostly) with coffee, food and and sundry tasks
You could be forgiven for thinking that my life involves entirely eating delicious food and drinking fantastic coffee as you
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Personal Musings
Books: Reading List, circa (2018-2109)
My pal Erica on Steamboat island invited me to post 10 books for 10 days and invite 10 people or
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Starting off 2020 with Coffee and Classes etc.
So it goes, the festive season passes yet calendar stays busy with the usual sorts of things. Yesterday included returning
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Personal Musings
Diary: Opera Day with Kimono and Seijinshiki + Piano Recital
Heading to opera today / Ryoko is purple kimono with silver obi & orange sandals. Stunnnning. Also complicated (it ain’t
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Personal Musings
Diary: New Year’s Bar-b-q at Kobayashi’s Rural Caprine Farm
On January 3rd, to continue celebrating the new year, we organized the parents, uncle/aunt and cousins to head over to
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Personal Musings
Diary: New Year’s Holiday “Kojo Piano Club” Friends Music Party
Note: In the day’s between / around New Year’s – there are plenty of activities… today’s activities include hanged up
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Japan Cottage Musings, Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Life Musings from a Cottage in Japan / baby, books, love, etc #video
A spontaneous life update from Okayama, Japan with annotations about incoming child, state of my health, affection for parents
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Collections of Artifacts, Personal Musings, VWs + Buses
Grateful Dead rambles / “family photos” (with renegade pals & VWs)
Back in the days of rambling around to Grateful Dead shows with pals in various (usually Volkswagen) vehicles, cameras weren’t
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: New Year Tea Ceremony at Matsuka-sensei’s house
Studying tea ceremony… I’m not sure if studying is the right word, maybe practicing, refining or just enjoying… with a
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: New Year’s Morning + Day / Reiwa 2, Let’s Enjoy!
Well hello 2020. Let’s enjoy. Step 1 (or 2) #japanlife
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Personal Musings
Diary: New Year’s Day Reiwa 2, Shrine Visit
Off to the shrine on New Year’s morning, in this case to a smallish local shrine called 天津神社北側参道 / Achi
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Days Before New Year’s Eve / Lead-up Activities + Goodnight Year of the Boar
Well, the days between Christmas and New Year’s aren’t really a thing per se in Japan as Christmas is just
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Personal Musings
New Years Greetings / 2020 + Reiwa 2 / from Dave + Ryoko
+ Happy New Year 明けましておめでとうございます+ Here’s vibe-ing Reiwa 2 / 2020 comes with some combination of full hearts, hearths, cradles,
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Personal Musings
Diary: Christmas Concert with Mae Maes and Friends
On Dec. 22nd at a store in Tsudaka, Okayama, Ryoko and her Mae Maes bandmates held a Christmas concert with
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