Post Office stroll, with park bench postcard chitchat
Stopping on a bench (at a sad lil park on a lovely day on a rare trip out for me […]
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Caboose desk, post-trip, tidy-up & chitchat
Came home from Slow Fraser Vancouver trip a few weeks ago yet nook still jumbled with records, books, artifacts, ephemera,
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Slow Fraser re-entry ~ and such (rambling)
back from #SlowFraser trip, reentry is challenging for me (you too?) so…. in the caboose, struggling to sleep, or rest
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Libraries for Sensitive Neanderthals ~ Stellate Ganglion Blocks and History of Nothing
How to remain porous and ready for inspiration as an artist while not growing cynical and hardened in a topsy-turvy world? Sure go to libraries, be a good dad to a curious kid who is learning about Neanderthals… and talk about these things on a dodgy mic beside a crackly fire with a few chords on a ukulele
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Japan Cottage Musings
Peace to Hockey Storyteller & Dada-ist Beat Poet (RIP Jim Robson and Alex Caldiero)
Fond memories and kind regards to two deceased storymakers: Vancouver Canucks broadcaster and legendary gent Jim Robson, gone at 91
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finding *ways* to spark (in precedented times)
out of tune with world, yet sending sparks, backyard fire storytime: Appropriately out of tune both with the world and
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Holiday wrap up (hands loosely on the reins, comfortably in the stirrups)
I guess the holidays are officially done? It’s Sunday, January 4 at five something p.m. We’re just back from tea
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100 *things* – incidents and otherwise – for 2025
a spontaneous spoken word round-up digressions and anecdotes focused around approximately “100 incidents, happenings, events or musings” for 2025 recorded in the caboose with a sharp REM T-shirt and a magnificent beard reading from my bamboo paper diary
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Calendars, Fruits, Coins and Kindness – Musings from an Orchard
a series of festive-ish digressions w/ ukulele with many namechecks while i meander through topics from: Lego play, to Uncles in Utah, to seeing ya amidst holiday blues – oh right: calendars, coins and bottled tea accumulation
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Santa Krampus ~ semi-pro method actor checking in
before rocking the stage, a few notes about representing for the non-union Santa dudes, this time in Tsuchida community centre
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Ichi Zines, Postcards, Files and Folios (in the caboose)
tidying up the caboose desk with Ichiro’s zines, stacks of postcards – from misprints to treasures from many pals and countries…
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persimmons for vinegar and festive plan chit-chat {almost live}
spontaneous live stream while cutting up persimmons to make vinegar and talking about upcoming plans for festive season including Santa performances as well as family histories with accordions and Morse code
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Takin’ care of sweet potatoes (& pod plugs)
Ergo: Video chitchat where I confuse myself trying to say things while catching you up on a few recent projects on a bright autumn day with diminishing ukulele skills – maybe you’ll watch anyway :-)
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Bee’s wax, guest houses + unscheduled hospitals and traveler treats
Making tea, talking Benton Homestead, letters to poets, visitors from Utah, akiya dreams, hospital tales, and sustainable iving in Japan.
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Miracle Meanderings for Auntie Mickey – to Logan from Hiruzen
In memorial for my dear Auntie Mickey, who passed away recently in Logan, Utah – with ukulele in front of a Japanese grave site, surrounded by splendid mountains and brilliant women
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Tree Transmissions from Tsuchida park
Ichiro & his Dad – along with a few friends and a load of cicadas – ramble on about Mom’s
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