Showa Vibes & Postcard Therapy
Back from the radon hot spring (you probably watched all my amusing and informative videos & onwards to Okayama University […]
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Personal Musings, Post'd (cards + letters)
Chilly Morning, Hot Springs Echo – Okayama Resettling
Back with my darlings in Sunny Okayama… Hard to believe that I was stuck in the snow 24 hours ago
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Personal Musings
Bits of Bark, Blinds & Big Plans
Walls have been plastered, embedded with bits of charcoal, leaves, bark and other natural details, the tile is in around
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From Tree Trimming to Sea Slurping – A Friday Tale
Wifu just came home (from a 10 hour day of tree trimming) and then had to rush to the post
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No Peanut Butter, But Tea Will Do
I’ve got some very scant provisions as last night before I got the news, I stuffed my face with Smorgasboard
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No Buses, No Trains, Just Coffee & Baths
well, it turns out that journey home is not happening as quite as planned… snow that started falling during my
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Snow Bits & Ondol Bliss – Notes from Misasa
Getting chilly here in the Misasa village, down to -5 with bits of slushy snow – not the big dumps
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Old Suitcase, No/New Songs – Wandering Again
I’m on the road with my old time suitcase covered in stickers and my ukulele slung over my back like
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Of Moss Shrines & Rattling Bells
Moss covered shrines are impossibly photogenic and charming. I’m going daily to drop a coin, ring the bell and say
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Misasa Memories – Baths, Bridges & Booklets
Of course I’m here for soaking in hot baths and there are two baths and an “ondol” hot room where
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Hot baths, kohi and desking
In between soaks at 5 different baths so far, made several video diaries – three sorta long ones, one featuring
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Mochi Mornings, Ramen Afternoons & Wool Shirt Evenings
Today was a mochi pounding event at the preschool… I did not take snapshots as a move of discretion for
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Citrus Meditations – Marmalade in the Making
Making marmalade We have a lovely box of organic Yuzu citrus fruit (if you don’t know it, it’s very tart
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Of Citrus, Cane, and Craft – A Yuzu Marmalade Memoir
Just finishing up bottling Yuzu marmalade Simmered on a woodstove with cane sugar, bottled in miscellaneous jars (but the ones
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Personal Musings
Sheep Wool & Shrinewood – Caboose Room Takes Shape
We’re getting really close on the “caboose” room Heat pump/air conditioner went in yesterday (with the outside condenser – is
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Personal Musings
Charcoal Lines & Snake Skins – Caboose Musings
Hemp, bamboo, soil and straw, and now charcoal The Earth wall in the “caboose” room continues with a thick line
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