Barbed Wire Scars / poem in process (typed), 2019
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Personal Musings, Social / Startup / Cmty
Riff: Fuzzy difference between craft and art
Can often be a fuzzy difference between craft and art / technique vs idea – I feel that art requires
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Japan Life/Travel, Tactical Wandering
Japanese Culture and Language Primer
A few notes and tips and phrases compiled for guests coming to wedding but likely useful for most anyone coming
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Shoebox
Haiku, inscribed / Shinkonryoko Ramble
Inscribed my “Today- A letter!” haiku for Hongo Sensei into his book
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Personal Musings, Portraits of the Artiste, Tactical Wandering
Diary: (Comfortably) Lost in Translation / Arriving at Kansai (KIX)
Upon arriving at Kansai (KIX) airport, i immediately went to post office, konbini (for onigiri, pocari and royal tea), then
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Cannabis + Culture, Healing Ramble
Glad to See CBD in Japan
In 1993, i began researching and uncovering the unique history of Cannabis in Japan, later (1998-2004) publishing my treatise “Hemp
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Academic Essays
Damn the Dam – essay about Colorado River and Lake Powell, 1988-9
“Damn the Dam” By Dave Olson, 1988-9 Originally written for a Creative Writing class at Utah Valley Community College (now
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Short Fiction
“Shoebox” story collection / chapbook, 1987-1991
Sometime around 2004, i went to a pal’s wedding in Connecticut – knowing i would see some old pals from
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Academic Essays
Vaclav Havel – Playwright, President, Activist, Leader #report
Vaclav Havel – Playwright, President, Activist, Leader By Dave Olson, Fall 2002 NOTE: Written for a course at The Evergreen State
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Stubbed Toe
Bamboo dish pointing…
Bamboo dish pointing skyward listening perhaps ## from Hotsprings and Stubbed Toe, Occasional haiku… 1992-2004 Download Hot Springs and Stubbed
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Shoebox
Poetry snippets: handwritten, from Japan
Post office closed (again) You’ll need another day to know you are loved by a lost poet without a watch
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Stubbed Toe
10 years later…
10 years later trees taller concrete the same ## from Hotsprings and Stubbed Toe, Occasional haiku… 1992-2004 Download Hot Springs
Towns and Trains
Assuming aluminum is smelted… / Towns and Trains
Mostly so i can answer Drs when they ask if significant exposure to heavy metals. Not more than others except
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