a brief pre-bath & bedtime note of new year greeting in advance of the “official” new year card… to say that we’re thinking about you and wishing you the best for the year ahead wherever and whoever you are
Sleepy Happy New Year eve 「あけおめ」^_^ ~ Dec. 31, 8:30pm Read Post »
Feb. 2, 2023 Ushimado, Okayama, Japan: as it goes, we learned about a record fair at a unique community creative
Field Notes: Tepemok Record Fair in Ushimado Read Post »
Hanging out in the kura with Blue Jay Valley 7″ on the turntable going through a stack of recently received
Books in the Kura – w/ Emde, Lawrence, Kroll, et al & Ichiro Read Post »
Pardon brevity: busy times there! (years past much more mellow) but we visited our friends The Hosokawas [kiln firing, studio
Diary: quick hits from Bizen Ceramic Fest Read Post »
Feeling a bit blue with a broken foot, and some other mental health and physical health challenges – like I
(a list of) “Things to Look Forward To” Read Post »
Amongst our outings, me and my darlings Ryoko & Ichiro, found ourselves at Bird Live House [map] here in Okayama
Outing: Live House Bird Christmas jam, Dec. 2022 Read Post »
Popped in to visit our buddy, the master of “the piano bar” on a fairly anonymous third floor here in
the “Piano Bar” visiting friend Ren-san & thinking about cozy music spaces Read Post »
Postcards, on watercolor stock paper – several for birthdays, a few for passings, many of gratitude for pals Orig portrait
Post’d: *in character* mug on cards – for birthdays & farewells Read Post »
Three collages with Ichiro us making the same face poses from time to time others of him crossing various bridges…
3 collages of Ichiro at Korakuen (matching poses and crossing bridges) Read Post »
Wife was teaching tea ceremony this morning, son was with grandparents for a bit… They came home early afternoon, I
Diary: birthdays and cottages while waking from a hypnotic dream Read Post »
It’s 4/20 so means 1 – well 2 – things: It’s our 5 year wedding anniversary! We’ve returned to scene
Diary: 5th anniversary – w/ goats and ramen #dro420 Read Post »
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.
We Love Stanley – #BCinvasion, part 3 Read Post »
For the record, I am completely mental in love about this incorrigible, amusing, intrepid, courageous kiddo #io I’m always dropping
Catching up & goofing around with Ichiro #io Read Post »
While out and about on various expeditions, snap snap’d the usual days and the glimpses of regular life. {With generally
Scenes of life: spiral staircase, library signs, basket of balls + pink door Read Post »
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.
Downtown + West End Vancouver and Stanley Park / #BCInvasion flashback, part 2 Read Post »
what follows is a post-dated diary of various activities in and around New Years day copied from various notebooks, memos,
Diary: New Year Dragons with foods, gardens, bevvies, and themes #calm Read Post »
