Evolve, Make Something Big (or maybe nothing at all), k bai
I am so proud of you for rolling through another topsy turvy year, nothing but good times ahoy I’ve got […]
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We Love Stanley – #BCinvasion, part 3
More #BCInvasion outings to Stanley Park for picnics with pals and explorations including Earth Day excursions, aquarium visit, and horse carriage circumnavigation – after a few topsy turvy days – plus eats back at HQ with Ryoko, Ichiro, and free radical visitors before seaplane escape to Vancouver Island.
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Downtown + West End Vancouver and Stanley Park / #BCInvasion flashback, part 2
Moving north across the Fraser river to downtown/West End, Vancouver, settling into a kitchenette hotel for several days, enjoying tea ceremonies, hotel picnics, coffee times and pleasant times with friends, plus our initial foray into Stanley Park.
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OKJ to YVR + South Fraser / #BCInvasion flashback, part 1
Starting from our adorable local “Momotaro” airport in Okayama Japan, me (Dave) and my darlings Ryoko and Ichiro head to
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Notes to Future Self
Reminder: no ganbaru needed
Note to self: you are not “frozen in amber” in 2013. The best is yet to come. Oh indeed! the
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Ramen magic – spontaneous outing for resto’s anniversary
We picked up Ichiro from preschool and came to our favorite Ramen place. {Darling wife is working so hard &
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Diary: New Year Shrine Visit, 2023
When we went to Munetada shrine during New Year festivities 2023, I purchased three prayer tiles as I have a
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Kinfolk + Pals
Ichiro Stanley, almost 2 years old
Ichiro Stanley hitting 2 years old next week, June 23rd. He wants to go to the sea to swim (we
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Japan Life/Travel, Kinfolk + Pals, Portraits of the Artiste
Family at Ginkaku-ji, Kyoto
Your Olson pals at Ginkaku-ji, Kyoto (wiki / map / inside kyoto) on a trip in April 2022. Blurb: Ginkaku-ji
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Kinfolk + Pals
Ichiro: VW, pizza, sweeping, hanging #io
Yes, Ichiro loves snapshots (& VW busses & baths) And now he figures out that these little “pocket robots” capture
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Diary: visitors see new life & family + trip to Teshima w/ Ichiro annotations
A mysterious brilliant visitor from overseas – first in three years – captured me, at home, in my new life.
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Personal Musings
Ichiro: Ohaka Spring Equinox Visit
Went to the grandparents/ancestors graves with the wheelbarrow on the first day of spring to tidy up, add fresh flowers/blossoms,
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DaveO51 ~ Birthday Bentos, Bevvies: annotations & evidence
rain storms, cake and gratitude Preamble: So much to report as we moved into the new/old house in the midst
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3 of us, together at first
The 3 of us, together at first Flashing back to a year tomorrow morning Japan standard time… You see the
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