Books: Variety stack of gems / atop a piano
Another stack brought in from the kura barn to spark some goodness / Gary Snyder, Poets on Peaks, field guide
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Collections of Artifacts
Notes to Future Self, Writing Life
Quote: Farewell Letter > Gabriel Garcia Marquez
NOTE: For reasons of health, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombia’s illustrious Nobel Laureate for literature, has declared his retirement from public
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Personal Musings
Diary: Princess Bride & pizza + PM letters and moving rocks
Princess Bride & pizza at Tsuchida Cottage + Update: Today, Ryoko wrote a letter to the Prime Minister, we moved
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Spontaneous Snaps
Baby Jar: unsure of price
as seen in Okayama shop window. no further details available
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Collections of Artifacts
Books: War and Peace / original and erstwhile “fan fiction”
Have you read “War and Peace”? Now is a pretty good time. It’s rather enjoyable, but if you find Tolstoy’s
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Transport Rolls
Rolling Elsewhere: Japan trains / various incl. Kanazawa and Yokohama
Roll around Japan with ambient train window views from various locations and rolling stock including the Thunderbird Limited Express towards
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Post'd (cards + letters)
Post’d: Military, Conflict Correspondence (fill in the blanks)
Handy letter-writing convenience / with rules.
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Japan Cottage Musings
Creative Life Archive into a Grain Barn / Japan Cottage Musings
Recently my “whole life archive” from 4X+ years of creativity arrived after a trans-Pacific journey to my home is Tsuchida,
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Personal Musings
Diary: Baby and blossoms (in the time of quarantine…)
Amidst all the chaos and commotion and confusion and concern, my adorable wife and our incoming child are bright healthy
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Writing Life
Quote: J. Kerouac, I needed solitude and just stop the machine of “thinking”
…I came to a point where I needed solitude and just stop the machine of “thinking” and “enjoying” what they
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Transport Rolls
Rolling Elsewhere: Sitayama / Unazuki Onsen, Toyama (Japan)
Rolling various local quirky trains from rustic Sitayama station towards the mountains on Toyama and Unazuki Onsen station – not
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Spontaneous Snaps
Momo tree, intrepid tree blooms for the first time in our yard
Momo is Peach, a fruit for which Okayama is well-noted (including folktale Momtaro, the peach boy with his sidekicks –
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Spontaneous Snaps
Vancouver culture trio / art snaps from the kura barn
Vancouver culture trio (as found in situ while sort-ganizing the kura barn at Tsuchida Cottage):
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Personal Musings
Diary: Homecooking at Tsuchida Cottage
No doubt lots of folks the world over are getting re-acquainted with their kitchens while experienced cooks share tips and
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HempenRoad
HempenRoad / chapter 4: Olympia (1996/7)
Hempen Road / chapter 4: Olympia (1996/7) Hemp cannabis pioneers and activist in Olympia, WA, USA (ala OlyWa) are featured
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Music / Rock, Personal Musings
Concerts: assorted, annotated, alphabetized
Notes (yes i overthink things): resisted urge to list how many times (or at least “once, a few, several, loads),
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