Stopped by Mac’s goat farm yesterday and always happy to see my painting that somehow has “come true” with postcards and letters arriving regularly, with or without eating a peachFrom Shiv – a poet, publisher, Nepal/India traveler and guide, and book shop/ashram proprietor in Woodstock NY – you know I love the confidential stamp Quoting Gary Snyder from Gifu – Sage and timely advice, from a rather remarkable character / recently reading both Gary and Jason‘s books, interviews, pods etc.I used to get frustrated when people spell “Olson” within “Ae” instead of a second “o” – I used to be annoyed when people would call me “David” instead of “Dave” despite the former being my legal name… Now, neither of those things bother me – daveo is fine / this classic gem also comes from Gifu in all it’s antique gloryFrom the palm desert of California, three friends transitioning life from the rainforest to sunnier climates, making their way as they find roots. Always so grateful for support and kindness, at first for my creative projects and later for me and my little family. <3Riding along in the pick up truck with an Insta snap Fading into history, as appropriateThis one should be filed under “delivered“ as it’s 2000/1 New Year’s card, from the “time travelers” series displayed in a renegade photographer/many-other-things pal’s burley pick-up truck on a Salish sea isle, all fading into a wonderful patina due to the glorious paper used on that project along with patient, time and weather
