Of Citrus, Cane, and Craft – A Yuzu Marmalade Memoir
Just finishing up bottling Yuzu marmalade Simmered on a woodstove with cane sugar, bottled in miscellaneous jars (but the ones […]
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Just finishing up bottling Yuzu marmalade Simmered on a woodstove with cane sugar, bottled in miscellaneous jars (but the ones […]
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We’re getting really close on the “caboose” room Heat pump/air conditioner went in yesterday (with the outside condenser – is
Sheep Wool & Shrinewood – Caboose Room Takes Shape Read Post »
Hemp, bamboo, soil and straw, and now charcoal The Earth wall in the “caboose” room continues with a thick line
Charcoal Lines & Snake Skins – Caboose Musings Read Post »
+ Middle-age dude life is same as it ever was + Sony “sports” Walkman (because I’m clumsy, not sporty) Mudhoney,
Special Hats & Cassettes: same as it never was… Read Post »
Super fun to hear namecheck for this guy {points at self} on pod-convo between @bentonhomestead & @BusanKevin indeed, the delicious
Bentons, Kevin and Akiya – A Sticky Shoutout Read Post »
Yes I’m well aware we’re well into January but the usual festive times of December and whatnot became rather hectic
Delayed Dispatches, Delivered with Love Read Post »
Ryoko Olson singing “Fly me to the Moon” with TKOBB big band, at “Blue Blues” in Okayama Japan #jazz
Kyo no tegami fleeting glances crinkled papertied in boxesas if they nevermoved
Today, a letter – January in the Hot Springs Read Post »
Field Notes: Anyway, this preamble suggests this article will share something useful about the region however it does not :)
Since then, I’ve learned much more but really the best resources are below in the form of Setouchi Explorer blog and Island Art Center’s dispatches. But hey, some fun snaps of ferries, outdoor installations and other cafe and villages vibes here.
Consider this a placeholder for further documentation {if you have something “non-generic tourist pablum to share, let me know}
My experience, despite living so close, is very limited and in this case the following snapshots are from a simple day trip to Naoshima in which I visited zero museums
You see, in June 2019, my arborist wife was working nearby Uno port, a jumping off point to the islands, so I bussed over (along, the way documented my reading, coffees and flashbacks per usual
Field Notes: Naoshima art island & Uno Port, Setouchi 2019 Read Post »
Found in the archive: a letter written, apparently to a friend from teenage days, travelling on Pacific Blue Drum Corps
Up to Here: “a life catch-up” letter to a teenage pal Read Post »
Sensei keeps sensei-ingCutting dinosaur fishFrom morning auction #dro420 While visiting the brilliant and magnificent Hongo sensei on the Noto peninsula
*Dinosaur* Fish – buy it, cut it, eat it in Noto / Shinkonryoko Ramble Read Post »
In the middle of a night leading up to our wedding preparations #DRO420, we visited notable Potter (and Ryoko’s friend) Hosokawa Takahiro
Hosokawa-san’s Bizen-yaki pottery / sake cups for #DRO420 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 »
Along the way on our shinkonryoko (honeymoon) ramble, we rode all sorts of trains which are documented in various ways
Shinkonryoko Trains, round-up, vol. 1 / Thunderbird, Hanayume Noren etc. Read Post »
The following riff started in reply to a post by someone called Teddy O who i don’t know at all.
Biz / Life in Japan: a spontaneous “thread” Read Post »
My intrepid wife did a big service this morning by swinging by the post office (i’d written this lil poem
Post’d: Griffin & Sabine books, essay magazines and ‘the usual’ Read Post »