Ramen magic – spontaneous outing for resto’s anniversary
We picked up Ichiro from preschool and came to our favorite Ramen place. {Darling wife is working so hard & […]
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Diary: sparking tiny fires
Diary notes: Saturday included: new orthotic inserts, made on site to order, plus reviewed/evaluated big bag of shoes for sturdiness
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Kinfolk + Pals, Portraits of the Artiste
Snap: tea & coffee / kimono & hat
Today in “Beauty and the Beast” I’m just thrilled to be her sidekick :-) riding the bus together, her in
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Kinfolk + Pals
Outing: bus to passport snaps, jazz & tea
The three of us, on the road by wonderful, air conditioned, Wi-Fi enabled, Uno bus service into Okayama city for
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Field Notes, Libraries / Museums / Archives, Personal Musings
Exhibit: Noriko Miyake’s goddess art
Catching up on my/our miraculous life, yonder back in December 2021 amidst preparation for Christmas and a few of their
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Outing: inland sea beach and pizza (and camera goofing)
Along our adventures, in this case, June 2022, we made a return visit to a stretch of beach called Nishwaki
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Personal Musings
Ramen (with yuzu and spring vegetables)
I don’t have any cat pictures on hand but I did photograph today’s Ramen with spring vegetables, yuzu peel and
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Personal Musings
Diary: Archival Cabinets, Dirt, Kissaten & Espresso
Picked up a mighty cabinet unit from a crazy junk shop down the road apiece. {The old fella and the
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Item: Boots (at Hospital) + safety ramen
Today’s boots and socks combo for hospital visit. #looksharp / easy on and off is key in Japan / gotta
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Spontaneous Snaps
Snap: Backstage at the oasis
Backstage at the oasis… Was surprised to find a painting of me in this mural :-) >> Complete with suitcase,
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Diary: Café Poetry, Street cars, Seitai and Curry
As it goes: “Over the Wall” > Headed by bus for some medical treatment (seitai) trying to stay ahead of
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Personal Musings, Portraits of the Artiste
Diary: Dialing in Specs, more or less…
Took a few tries but getting fresh specs dialed in for my curious eyes. Thanks to Kenji Nishida-san and his
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Memo: Kei-truck Errand / Date <3
Out and about! On an errand (picking up a second hand roll-top writing bureau desk) in the Kei truck with
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Post'd (cards + letters)
Post’d: usual dossiers of art, poetry and ephemera (and tea)
The usual, ergo: dossiers of art, poetry and ephemera scrapbooks of same(ish) piles to Post offices. Also tea. PS I
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Personal Musings
Diary: 3 views + bus, en route to seitai
Left house (Tsuchida, Okayama), rode Uno bus for taiheki / seitai (整体) treatment (i deal with #CFSME). Observed 3
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Collections of Artifacts, Kinfolk + Pals
Memento: “Bobless” at Experience Music Project, Seattle / 2001
In 2001, three of my four brothers and Dad gathered in Seattle (some of us came from Olympia WA, others
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