Vinyl Records – Japanology Plus | NHK #video
Vinyl Records – Japanology Plus | NHK brings an enjoyable program (in its own quirky way) presented in English about
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Music / Rock
Museum Exhibit: D. T. Suzuki Zen / Kanazawa, Japan, 2019
As such, in Kanazawa, Ishikawa-ken (a city filled with exceptional museums – by my standards, especially small, specialized, and a little
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Healing Ramble
Healing note: new MECFS Clinic at Okayama University Hospital
Note: tomorrow is check-in at *big city hospital* with neurologist at which point I’m going to talk about transferring my
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Collections of Artifacts, Personal Musings, Youngtime Dossier
Artifact / Riff: d!snëy Tom Sawyer Island (brochure and notes about h/yippie occupation)
I have only visited Disney-branded theme parks twice, both at the *classic location* in Anaheim, CA, USA. The first time
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Field Notes, Japan Life/Travel, Libraries / Museums / Archives
Museum / Exhibit: Hokusai, print master / Nagano, Japan, 2019 (w/ minor notes)
Primary aims were to visit friends, stay at all manner of accommodations and see loads of museums, especially, spontaneous, small-ish
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Museum / Exhibit: Shinse Kinenkan / Kanazawa, 2019 (feat. traditional apothecary)
Basics about Shinse Kinenkan: This culture and folk art museum in Kanazawa, Ishikawa-ken (visited on our Shinkonryoko Ramble in May/June
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Healing: (un-detailed) back to doc (& next steps)
Thanks to each of you again for your kind words and thoughts and thinking about me re: #daveo52 / 8-16
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Improving Campsite
Art: Michal, Ichiro, Noriko paintings on display at Tsuchida Cottage
Ichiro art hanging between 2 masters / Michal Korman (L) & Noriko Miyake (R) at Tsuchida Cottage. Captured before moving
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Collections of Artifacts
Items: 3 Japanese beer boxes (w/ pleasing design)
These boxes do not represent exquisite beer by any means but, I do very much enjoy the design sensibility, plus
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Personal Musings
Musing: fires, volcanos, axe handles & cycle of children
March 13, 2022: I went to sleep last night – first night without a fire in the stove for some
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Museum & Musings: Lafcadio Hearn (Yakumo Koizumi)’s residence etc. / Matsue, Japan, 2018
In my first era in Japan, 1992-3 in Tottori, I vaguely heard about a “western” writer who had lived in
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Diary: #daveo52 / happiness and time are infinite, right?
Most years, for my birthday I “give myself a present of making some creative project”… In past years there was
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Post'd (cards + letters)
Post’d: received, delivered & stamped, (various catch-all)
By now you know I enjoy making cards, sending cards, receiving cards… and then documenting both the sending and receiving
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Writing Life
Riff: Find a medium to fit your story
Tell your stories in the way that feels comfortable, like your favorite pair of shoes. Document in the way it
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Diary: Ramblin’ Ted visits the shed (& farm)
My friend Ted came to visit – he lives in Kyoto but was doing some tour guide reconnaissance/spiels on Kyushu
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Note: Auroville memory & guru posthumous birthday
As it goes, August 15 is the posthumous birthday of the spiritual founder of Auroville. Aug 16 on the other
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