“tea & oranges” Misasa ♨️ Sojourn, p.3
Back at my lil “café nook” from the outdoor bath – because that is what I do, I take baths, […]
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“i’ve got this gift” Misasa ♨️ sojourn, p. 1
Arriving in a mountain valley village of Misasa, Tottori – holding loads of memories from a previous life – for
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Personal Musings
Diary: dentist, ramen, trees, VW, Citroëns, shodo – completely usual activities
Cherry blossoms, not yetBut hooray ceremonial peach tree! On way to dentistFirst, drop Stan at schoolSee tree Ryoko trimmed up
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Catching up & goofing around with Ichiro #io
For the record, I am completely mental in love about this incorrigible, amusing, intrepid, courageous kiddo #io I’m always dropping
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#UW53 bus ride for van Gogh and back home deer & records
Breaking into the secret stash hauled back from the BC Invasion / JJBean Railtown roast ~ “dark and smoky” like
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Memo: of hats, crowns, feathers and expenditures
I’m trying to stop/significantly reduce expenditures on records and hats at current time (being a disabled pensioner holding a lot
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Diary: fetching Mochi stone (& VW Beetle bento)
Today, we drove out to beautiful countryside location to the home of a lovely lady who recently lost her husband.
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Diary: specs, tea, cards & usual annotations from the fog
Everything old was new again / same as it ever was, same as it never was. Various annotations Nov. 25~27ish
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Kinfolk + Pals
Halloween out n about / minimal effort, moderate fun (w/ magic darling duo)
Briefly: Evidence of us doing the Halloween rounds this afternoon / including the magnificent Taroman pumpkin shriveling into repose &
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Ikebana & Bento / brief notes from a day out {now with snapshots!}
Diary notes: Rode bus into city with my 2 darlings to see an ikebana exhibit (Ryoko’s ceremony teacher had a
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Museum / Exhibit: Miwaki Ruins Jomon-era / Noto, Japan, 2019
As such, while visiting with Hongo-sensei on Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa-ken, amongst the other activities including a fishing/ whaling/Marine Museum,
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Ichiro meets Ichiro sensei + airplanes and fireworks in Noto
(Then i noted): He comes home today. I used to wanna be a rockstar or a pro hockey player and
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Diary: secret restos, airport hangs, voting, drums & creative acts
Restaurants x2: yes our Ramen place is listed in the Michelin guide, we’re pretty fancy after all / maximum stars
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Japan Life/Travel, Kinfolk + Pals, Portraits of the Artiste
Family at Ginkaku-ji, Kyoto
Your Olson pals at Ginkaku-ji, Kyoto (wiki / map / inside kyoto) on a trip in April 2022. Blurb: Ginkaku-ji
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Travel: Trip to Yubara Onsen and Katsuyama, part 1
[From March 23-25 2020] Leaving the workers to their work as they switch to more “modern equipment” with nail guns
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Snaps: Korakuen Gardens (Mother’s Day out)
4 (more) views at Korakuen Gardens, Okayama – One of three “great, official, significant/something“ gardens in Japan built during the
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