Broken Bone Birthday Postcards Storytime
Come hang out in my bedroom while i’m a little bit loopy from a pre-birthday busted foot and chit-chat about […]
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Building Kinship with Griffin and Sabine
Of the many pieces of advice, my dear Mom gave me, one came when I was the small kid with
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Craft Sessions
Making of New Year Card, 2024 + archival nengajyo treats
Overhead view of arts and crafts-ing New Year card “nengajyo” for 2024, or Reiwa 6 in Japan. Starting with a
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New Year “Nengajyo” 2024 / Reiwa 5 ~ for (calm) Dragons
Thar be Dragons Ahoy! Wishing you Calm in 2024, Reiwa 5 if you prefer. Fondly from the Olsons of Tsuchida
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Post’d: Griffin & Sabine books, essay magazines and ‘the usual’
My intrepid wife did a big service this morning by swinging by the post office (i’d written this lil poem
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Letters from Russia / development notes, sketches, drafts
In 2004, I created a mixed-media creative writing project called “Letters from Russia” which was meant to be a series of well,… *obviously* letters written from Russia from the point of view of a cobbler in Napoleon’s army to his lover in France. All in all an unlikely and complicated conceit conceived as was a way to discuss various topics around love and war.
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Post'd (cards + letters)
Post’d: dossier arrived, well-stamped, from “WasNick”
Adding to my collection of precious items from Nick Bantock, writer of epistolary literature (noted for Griffin and Sabine series),
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Collections of Artifacts, Post'd (cards + letters)
Items: Sabine & Griffin postcard originals by Nick Bantock
Two original postcard backs from Griffin and Sabine series, part 2 “Sabine’s Notebook” are now in my archive along with
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Diary: sundry notes of ukulele, drums, stereo, handy items by post & slices of culture
Sundry tasks: Tended to an “important call with an official agency” about a significant life decision… Don’t mean to be
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Post’d: Dossier from Sicmon Islands (so to speak)
A dispatch arrived from the master of postcards (as well as epistolary literature, postal culture, stamp design and mixed media
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Items: Concorde in Jordan, Everest Aerogramme, stamps from Katin, and poetry from Sierras
These Postcards come with a scribble note of unexpected affection from my official fountain pen, meanwhile, items by post of
Schemes and Dreams for Year of the Tiger – Reiwa 4 / 2022
+ Schemes and Dreams for Year of the Tiger – Reiwa 4 / 2022 + No surprise whatsoever, Dave, surrounded
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Paintings & photos, framed (at last)
Did some framing, some legacy pieces from childhood, some by my Mom & my friend Marty‘s silk screen/block print creations,
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Personal Musings
Diary: Of Brautigan, Hats, and Hot Springs
Mondays at Tsuchida cottage are rather hectic by my standards… Grocery delivery comes from the co-op, new order form completed,
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Collections of Artifacts
Artifacts: Signed treasures + international flair (in the Kura)
As i sortganize the kura (barn)/studio, so many treasures… i will document as years go in more elegant manner but
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Japan Cottage Musings
Haikus, Garden + Baby News / Japan Cottage Musings
Wearing a smoking jacket at Tsuchida Cottage, Dave riffs on recent activities including: planting vegetable garden, playing piano, buying baby
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