Ichi and Papa visit Ohaka on Father’s Day
Me and the little champion went up to the grandma and grandpa‘s graves to light some incense, give a clean […]
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Kinfolk + Pals
Ichiro: 1 Month / 23.7.2020 (shrine, grave and various annotations)
July 23, 2020 Ichiro Stanley Thorvald Olson hit the one month mark since birth. For the record: born June 23,
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Scrapbooks + Journals
Notebook: Grandpa Roadtrip (AZ, NM, UT, Mexico), 1989 + #daveo50 musings
In my #daveo50 “personal archaeology“ project, there are over 160 posts pre-scheduled (before baby), however there are at least another
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Personal Musings
Mementos: SW Road Trip with Grandpa, 3 B&W views (Arizona, New Mexico)
Sometime in early 1988 (I think), (update: 1989) living in Orem Utah, recently dropped out of high school and floating
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Kinfolk + Pals
Ichiro: Waiting (with intentions) 23.6
Good morning from a cottage in Japan with an update to say “no update per se“. Thanks for all your
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Personal Musings
Diary: Stroll to Grandpa Ichiro’s ohaka juuust before…
{Catching up with…} evidence of a stroll on June 21st as we were waiting for baby Ichiro to make his
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Kinfolk + Pals
Artifact: Grandpa in Uintas, 1940
My old dead Gramps Robert Louis Stevenson rambling around the Utah’s wild Uinta mountains in 1940.
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Personal Musings
Diary: Stroll to the Cemetery in Tsuchida
Hanging out with ancestors and neighbours on a little photo walk (with a Lomo Diana 35mm and a Fuji Instamax)
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Youngtime Dossier
Artifacts: Telegram about brother Bob being born + notes
Telegram announcing brother Bob’s birth some years ago today – sent by Dad (Lorne, which is also Bob’s middle name
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Hospital Letters and Flames – Postcard #77
In hospital with sedated Grandpa, Dave reads complete “Letters from Russia” epistolary literature project with frequent interruptions from visitors, nurses
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Choogle On, Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Eyes Towards Europe – Postcard #73
On a forgotten forest walk, Dave riffs a story about first trip to Europe – starting with trying not to
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
(Poetic Farewell to) Ole Dead Gramps – Postcard #72
Paying poetic respects to recently deceased Grandpa in a rainforest with Walt Whitman, Charles Baudelaire, Chief Dan George and original
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Held the Globe (for Gramps)
I’ve Held the Globe (for Gramps)
I’ve held the globe thread for vapour trails of journies each colour a route pinned from Greece to Kenya or
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Scrapbooks + Journals
Scrapjournals for no particular reason / Guide to Goodtimes
Often times, I make scrap journals for no particular reason, just for enjoyment of gathering interesting paper tidbits and ephemera
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Held the Globe (for Gramps)
I’ve Held the Globe – Poetry Cycle for Ole Gramps
I’ve Held the Globe – A Poetry Cycle for Ole Dead Gramps from Dave Olson Published on Apr 25, 2014
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