Diary: Waiting (patiently) for Ichiro (18th)
Update: no update. + Annotations: Little dude is taking his time. Ryoko is sewing so many cute things. I made […]
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Personal Musings
Personal Musings
Diary: Ryoko in the Garden (with belly)
Who is ready to give birth any hour/day but is outside tuning up a grape trellis with hand-cut bamboo? Yep,
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Personal Musings
Diary: Ryoko gardening (more) and visiting grave (again)
{Catching up with…} Yet another visit to grandpa Ichiro’s grave during the pregnancy + pandemic, plus get another photo of
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Personal Musings
Ichiro x 4 #inspiration
Ichiro x 4 Note: visually explaining how we chose our baby name “Ichiro” as it came from: Ryoko’s paternal grandfather
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Personal Musings
We are waiting for you Ichiro…
We are waiting for you Ichiro Stanley Thorvald Olson… The world is weird, but wonderful and we are ready to
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Spontaneous Snaps
Art: by Noriko Miyake, to welcome baby
New art by Noriko Miyake! Such powerful goodness for welcoming the new human. Note: there’s a video of us unwrapping
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Personal Musings
Diary: 40+ years of projects into a “kura” grain barn
Big day (Thursday March 19) here at Tsuchida cottage as my life archives completes a long journey by a ship
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Japan Cottage Musings
“Elf Care” and Arts + Crafts / Japan Cottage Musings
Dave riffs about “Elf Care” in tumultuous times along with personal archeology from a cottage in Japan including life update
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Personal Musings
Diary: baby update (+ coffee cup from forgotten diner in 1972)
Just did another ultrasound with Dr / all on track for healthy June arrival / now traditional coffee following /
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Personal Musings
Diary: New Year’s Bar-b-q at Kobayashi’s Rural Caprine Farm
On January 3rd, to continue celebrating the new year, we organized the parents, uncle/aunt and cousins to head over to
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: New Year’s Morning + Day / Reiwa 2, Let’s Enjoy!
Well hello 2020. Let’s enjoy. Step 1 (or 2) #japanlife
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Kinfolk + Pals
Sequel Coming… June 2020
Sequel coming 2020 (casting pending) Soon available in re-issue (outfit not included) #2020
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Collections of Artifacts
Artifacts: woggles / variety (scouting)
When my brothers and i were wee lads, our beloved Mom was out cub scout leader. In Canadian (and international)
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Personal Musings
Grateful Annotations / Dave + Ryoko 4-20 Kekkon-shiki
Head melted from an incredible gesture of kindness which completely shocked and surprised me yesterday / don’t mean to be
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Kinfolk + Pals
Artifact: Resume of Lorne H. Olson (aka Dr. O)
When going through my late Mom’s archive of documents, ephemera, photos, letters etc, came across this beautifully executed resume for
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Kinfolk + Pals
Happy Birthday Flashback for Dad, Lorne H. Olson, 2018
Happy Birthday Dad Lorne Harold Olson AKA Dr. O Dec. 1, 1941 (Winnipeg) ~ Feb. 11, 2014 (Surrey) As seen
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