Special Hats & Cassettes: same as it never was…
+ Middle-age dude life is same as it ever was + Sony “sports” Walkman (because I’m clumsy, not sporty) Mudhoney, […]
Special Hats & Cassettes: same as it never was… Read Post »
+ Middle-age dude life is same as it ever was + Sony “sports” Walkman (because I’m clumsy, not sporty) Mudhoney, […]
Special Hats & Cassettes: same as it never was… Read Post »
Super fun to hear namecheck for this guy {points at self} on pod-convo between @bentonhomestead & @BusanKevin indeed, the delicious
Bentons, Kevin and Akiya – A Sticky Shoutout Read Post »
Yes I’m well aware we’re well into January but the usual festive times of December and whatnot became rather hectic
Delayed Dispatches, Delivered with Love Read Post »
I am so proud of you for rolling through another topsy turvy year, nothing but good times ahoy I’ve got
Evolve, Make Something Big (or maybe nothing at all), k bai Read Post »
Back from Toronto errr… Scarborough: Summer of ’87 I went from Orem (and surrounding areas), Utah to spend a couple
“Long Hair Club” and other Utah Valley Tech/Community College incidents Read Post »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
{posted on “formerly known as social” channel when feeling a little overwhelmed with life, illness and impact on my usual
Life notes: Not really 100% but truth is fumbling through apathy of self Read Post »
Of late, it seems this is less of a “creative life archive” then a “documentation of survival”… Recently, obviously dental
Annotations: fainting couch, fixing teeth, riding buses and trains, fading Read Post »
Today, yes another visit to the dentist… It’s a glamorous life :) I made postcards for the dentist (27 years
unnecessary postcards for dentist + matcha & ramen Read Post »
Wife was teaching tea ceremony this morning, son was with grandparents for a bit… They came home early afternoon, I
Diary: birthdays and cottages while waking from a hypnotic dream Read Post »