Event: Kominka Summit, April 2022, Kyoto
To: Friends in (mostly rural areas of) Japan Re: Minka Summit 2022 (not just for Kominka) in Kyoto-fu Memo: Folks
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Japan Life/Travel
Diary: notes from the slow lane (curling, quiche, errands, taxes & flowers for Mom)
This disinter-mediated and somewhat timeshifting rundown of miscellaneous annotations and notes from the last week may not make sense entirely
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Diary: Leaving India ~ rapidly, in a fog (Nov. 2016)
Note: transcribed with light editing from my scribbled journal made in “real time” – as always more to say but
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Items: arrived by post (regarding poets and ramblers)
Three items arrived by post: a card and dossier of treats from a rambler in Salish Sea (w/ lovely inky
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Collections of Artifacts
Item: National Geo with India trains and Japan map + many treats
National Geographic magazine, June, 1984 – ordered from Hokkaido Market ¥500 incl postage. Cover story about India railways (*rather* condescending
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Diary: Really nothing *big* however, life carries on
Feb 10 Great magazine arrived, National Geographic, June 1984 with cover story about trains in India + history of Japan
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Items: 3, unrelated (signs, robot, art)
hung some framed art, resurrected classic laptop, painted signs to places
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Notes: Ken Babbs’ “Cronies” book + chapbook & Doug Peacock
Here’s a hilarious fresh, sharp interview with Merry Prankster/Marine vet/farmer/writer and *the* Intrepid Traveler Ken Babbs talking about his new
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Diary: a day in the life(ish) – woodstove, meta-ness, voting, tidying
Good days and bad days and wind and rain on rotating Mondays… Got up / some things done yesterday {hung
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List: books of note / recent-ish (from a bus)
Semi-legible list of recent books read… in bed a lot recently so staying off the robot screens and looking at
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Diary: January, sick / end of dispatch
January’s diary, super easy / succinct. {I’ll spare us all the details.} ++ thanks Ryoko Olson for taking care of
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Post’d: Payphones (and what i think about…)
While I’m here >> while in bed I did scribble & stampify a batch of lovely postcards. This month’s offerings
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Diary: Stumbling into the year, skipping ahead with heavy blanket
Guess was a sign in my last diary riff when i said: “Well yeah, I’m wiped out from all the
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Diary: Annotations on the Re-start (calendars, milk, beard, drums…)
Regrouping: Well yeah, I’m wiped out from all the last while but was able to spread so much love to
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Scenes of Life from New Year (shrine, Osechi, cards)
Up the hill to the shrine Various bells, 5¥ coins and claps Greetings to neighbours Evidence follows Here are the
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Schemes and Dreams for Year of the Tiger – Reiwa 4 / 2022
+ Schemes and Dreams for Year of the Tiger – Reiwa 4 / 2022 + No surprise whatsoever, Dave, surrounded
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