New Year Cards – various incarnations and tranches
Dec. 26: Snuck into Gloss to do a bit more scribbling on some cards. 100s already sent but non-documented but […]
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Mending memories and Patching jackets
When busted my foot missing a stairs landing in August, I’d shifted weight from left foot (which broke) to right
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Hosokawa-san’s Bizen-yaki pottery / sake cups for #DRO420
In the middle of a night leading up to our wedding preparations #DRO420, we visited notable Potter (and Ryoko’s friend) Hosokawa Takahiro
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Collections of Artifacts, Typewriters
Item: scissors (green handle, made in Nashville)
While these snapshots are hardly exemplary, someone once asked me about my new scissors purchased at “The Papery” in Victoria,
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Post’d: Not *really* New Year cards, but kinda, just more silky lounging
Not exactly new year cards… we’ve moved on, right? Specifically: a couple for birthdays // yes, me lounging in a
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New Year Card round-up flashback chit-chat #video
“With over 400 cards now posted for this new year – in four different styles/variations/purposes – I flip through a
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Craft Sessions
Making of New Year Card, 2024 + archival nengajyo treats
Overhead view of arts and crafts-ing New Year card “nengajyo” for 2024, or Reiwa 6 in Japan. Starting with a
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New Year “Nengajyo” 2024 / Reiwa 5 ~ for (calm) Dragons
Thar be Dragons Ahoy! Wishing you Calm in 2024, Reiwa 5 if you prefer. Fondly from the Olsons of Tsuchida
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Diary: simple tasks and sparking life with renegade Ted
Evidence I’m still alive… From Oct. 25-ish or so (lemme check that as though it matters :0) Not gonna lie,
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Improving Campsite
project: natural fragrant & dehumidifying sachets (charcoal, ginkgo, hemp, sandalwood)
Today, a “mental health” / calm my brain into a meditative flow while making some thing useful / project in
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Festive Greetz Cards Scrapbook Time (backwards)
In front of a wood stove, Dave stashes cards from the “string of honour” into archival book while recounting tales
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Tidying up: kura, recycling and firestarters (and a few notes from around the house)
Speaking of organizing, made it out to barn, studio the other day, couldn’t find project wanted to work on (a
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Accordion-style Postcard Scrapbook hangout (with jazz and sage)
Hangout in the Kura barn while i light sage, spin Ornette Coleman and fill up an accordion-style scrapbook with postcards
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Craft Sessions
Typing Liner Notes in the Kura (with Joe Strummer vinyl)
Ambient hanging out typing liner notes (on an Olivetti Lettera 34) for mixed CDs and cassettes while listening to Joe
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Typing Aerogrammes (ambient, in the kura barn studio)
Typing Aerogrammes in the kura barn studio – Really, that’s it, typing aerogrammes on an Olivetti Lettera 34 at a
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Craft Sessions
Assembling Kerouac Dossiers and Poetic Letters, in the Kura #video
Assembling Jack Kerouac ephemera dossiers and stamping postcards, scribbling letters while chatting, grouching about misplacing things and listening to REM’s
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