With Flowers, Always – Birthday Notes for Ryoko
Happy birthday wishes to the queen of my heart, the flame of my soul – a celebrant of tea, a […]
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Personal Musings
Personal Musings
Rainy Day Rambler: Tea, Tylenol & Tailored Threads
Just a little check in to say that I made it out the door – amidst a sudden rainstorm that
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Ryoko’s Trees & the Kohi Pause
* Friendly catch-up ~ Fungus & Kohi * 2 very serious preschool commencement ceremonies this week means got up, out
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Slowly, Dave, Slowly – Hidden Upstairs in Japan
The foot still aches a little bit from the break last August but I’m getting better at dealing with my
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Field Notes: Hokusai & Hiroshige – woodblock masters exhibit in Okayama
July 7th, 2024 – contemporaneous annotations follow: Make a start: Because I’m a hermit, this kind of slipped past my
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Outing: Hosokawa Bizen-yaki Pottery studio
Along our adventures, we went to the notable pottery town of Bizen to visit master potter Hosokawa-san (you may recall
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Diary: Catch-up with Mochi, Scrapbooks, Postcards, Framing and usual tasks
Quick hits from last week or so – have a load of things *want* to do before end of the year
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Okayama Japan Travel Overview on #SustainableTravelJapan
+ from: Okayama Super Fan / dept of propaganda ≠ I was a guest on JJ Walsh Seeking Sustainability live
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Personal Musings
Diary: Cartography, Poetry and Bus Rides
Re: Amateur Cartography Over the wall to seitai treatment (as such, obligatory bus stop snappie for evidence) with The Weakerthans
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Memo: Still-life at visit to Mac’s Farm
“Over the wall” for a visit with farmer Mac / the cafe & market operation is affected by the current
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Diary: Rocking out (buying stones)
Wife (arborist/ trad landscape designer) let me tag along on some rock shopping expedition. I am amused at logistics of
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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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