Strip mall Santa Claus says “send coffee”
Just before my Santa Claus gig in the neighborhood in Japan, I put forth a humble request: Send coffee – […]
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Personal Musings
Diary: December 25 is normal day (& i see you if you are blue) + ahead to New Year
Happy December 25, no matter what your clock and/or a calendar says. Important: A note to folks dealing with chronic
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*Method Acting* Santa Claus at “Forest Pre-school”
Those years studying Stanislavski’s acting system coming through in my naturalistic/method acting portrayal of a certain festive character to the
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Notes to Future Self
Reminder: planning, finishing up and do the basics
This week: no scheduled hospital visits, wife super busy with work, so… trying to catch up, finish a few tasks
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Diary: Festive Goodtimes at Tsuchida Cottage (w/ drum set and banquet & pals)
This re-cap *should* be a few days ago, but some things get squished between others and sometimes time for documentation
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Diary: Seeking Brussel(l) Sprouts, Finding Lobster (+ other festive prep)
Memo: Today, i am *braving* the wilds of Okayama (our minor provincial city) in search of brussel sprouts, yams (not
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Personal Musings
Happy Merry, All the Festive, Every Joyful
Fondly from Dave, Ryoko & Ichiro Stanley Thorvald of Tsuchida Cottage, Okayama, Japan on a usual Friday, Dec. 25, Reiwa 2 / 2020
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Note: Dec 25, out n about (with treasures) on a quest
Today is regular Friday here on Japan > we are on a mysterious mission {explain later} but along the way,
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Personal Musings
Riff: Ghosts of Festive Losts {Christmas Any/no/elsewhere}
Sometimes you feel like a person left in the “lost luggage” room… You sit, you wait for the person to
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Diary: Santa Land at Community Centre
Background: Just doing a Santa gig at a little local community center in Tsuchida, Okayama… Not a lot of kids
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Gripe: Cvd Christmas, cripes & gripes
Dec 2020 / annotation: I think I’ve spent more Christmases or whatever either working jobs, in hospitals, lost alone, holed
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Kinfolk + Pals
Cool Yule You Lovelies (with Mom)
Note: the plaid anorak, the sunglasses, the hair, the smile – love love love all of it Mom (so much
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Portraits of the Artiste
#daveo50 ~ 1977 / 50 years > days > photos
Project: Upon turning 50 years old on August 16, 2020, Dave Olson (me, hello) is posting a photo (or maybe
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Christmas Eve, Day and Boxing in Okayama, 2019
Christmas isn’t really an “event” in Japan, more of a marketing campaign and a prelude to New Year’s Eve which
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Christmas Forthcoming / out n about and at home in Okayama, 2019
We headed out on some errands to return the felt sheets used in the tea ceremony at assassinated Prime minster
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Post'd (cards + letters)
Post’d: Festive Cards and Greetings, batches away!
Batch 2 of festive greetz away from the main downtown Okayama postoffice! And technically, this post box is just for
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