Slow Fraser re-entry ~ and such (rambling)
back from #SlowFraser trip, reentry is challenging for me (you too?) so…. in the caboose, struggling to sleep, or rest
Slow Fraser re-entry ~ and such (rambling) Read Post »
back from #SlowFraser trip, reentry is challenging for me (you too?) so…. in the caboose, struggling to sleep, or rest
Slow Fraser re-entry ~ and such (rambling) Read Post »
start of a new month, always feels a bit trepidatious for me, – for no reason except “did I do that?” and “how can I make life better?”
yet do all this in the fog of a debilitating illness so gotta step back & find so much life happens – amidst keeping home and family running, managed to roll out some creative endeavors
trepidatiously starting, yet reflecting on usual days Read Post »
How to remain porous and ready for inspiration as an artist while not growing cynical and hardened in a topsy-turvy world? Sure go to libraries, be a good dad to a curious kid who is learning about Neanderthals… and talk about these things on a dodgy mic beside a crackly fire with a few chords on a ukulele
Libraries for Sensitive Neanderthals ~ Stellate Ganglion Blocks and History of Nothing Read Post »
a tremendous amount already, this morning, in bed at 11:30 AM, January 10, feels like three months already or three days: journals of dreams and schemes, festive cards sent and received, visits to two shrines and one Grey, earthquake while writing prayer tiles, three medical appointments already, helping several groups of guest planning visits, cowboy suits and Lego builds, garden plans, antique restorations and so much more, I want to share many artifacts jotted it down here and there, yet for now or for later… a poem
thinking about not thinking, yet so much *life* Read Post »
I guess the holidays are officially done? It’s Sunday, January 4 at five something p.m. We’re just back from tea
Holiday wrap up (hands loosely on the reins, comfortably in the stirrups) Read Post »
a spontaneous spoken word round-up digressions and anecdotes focused around approximately “100 incidents, happenings, events or musings” for 2025 recorded in the caboose with a sharp REM T-shirt and a magnificent beard reading from my bamboo paper diary
100 *things* – incidents and otherwise – for 2025 Read Post »
With three Santa performances done, … i now return to civilian life as a middle-aged dude trying to put on
Civilian life to Jazz Matinee + cards & rhythms #diary Read Post »
A 55th-birthday audio diary from Kurohime, Nagano — ukulele in hand, heart on sleeve. Reflections on breakages and rebuilds, gratitude for friends who’ve stuck around, and apologies where due. Dreams of parallel lives, flashes of déjà vu, and notes of creative persistence through the years.
Originally released as a photo-filled slideshow from the past year
UW55: friendly birthday greetz for “double nickels on the dime” – Choogle On #127 Read Post »
Notes from a trip into the city delivering Christmas party cards, mailing a few letters on route to the hospital at an inconvenient time but managing three modes of transportation despite the fog
Same same but different hospital day, plus postal notes Read Post »
Unnecessary Preamble: part 2 of a trip to Nagasaki in February 2020 – we were in pregnancy mode, visiting relatives,
Nagasaki Ramble, Feb. 2020, part 2 (baths, bombs, bevvies… more trains) Read Post »
Ergo: Video chitchat where I confuse myself trying to say things while catching you up on a few recent projects on a bright autumn day with diminishing ukulele skills – maybe you’ll watch anyway :-)
Takin’ care of sweet potatoes (& pod plugs) Read Post »
Many things to catch you up on, that is if you’re the type to read words, I think you are,
Hams & Burgers + poems, trees, zines Read Post »
Along with spontaneous music stylings, i riff through Friday’s diary scribbled while coming back from hospital, talking about: With neckties,
Bus Blossoms and neckties – a friday diary Read Post »
So many pals coming to Japan and wow, so much to do so i made a barely legible list (onm
How to Japan, Good – let’s enjoy handy tips for exploration Read Post »
Things I enjoy – simple things I mean (not the mighty things that change the whole world or whatnot, or
Coffee, Coins & Claps – Notes on Everyday Reverence Read Post »
When i’m overwhelmed with pain and stress and fog and in “crash mode”, i retreat from bed to the kura
Cards, Zines, and Schemes (in the kura, manufacturing dopamine) Read Post »