Music theory, thunder & friendships #diary
From a rainy porch, riffing gratefulness for friends with kind words and packages, minimal commentary about ridiculous Olympics and various […]
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Video Dim Sum
Rainy Days and Mae Maes #video
Rainy Days in Japan brings a cute new video from my wife’s band Mae Maes for song called “Ame” (rain).
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3 of us, together at first
The 3 of us, together at first Flashing back to a year tomorrow morning Japan standard time… You see the
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Ichiro 1st Birthday Celebration
Don’t worry Mama, i got him! Celebrated Ichiro Stanley Thorvald Olson’s first 365 with a crawl around, toss in the
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Kitchen: making Miso from scratch (ready in New Year)
Pretty sure I earned a Japanese merit badge today. Made our own Miso from scratch! Will sit in this old
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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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Happy Birthday Ryoko XO
My dear angels / happy birthday April 28 to Ryoko from hubbo DaveO and our Ichiro-kun Happy Birthday Ryoko, a
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Diary: Day out to Ukan village
I mean, how can i not adore all of this scene? {Ukan village, Okayama-ken} Visited a shodo calligraphy exhibition at
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2nd Wedding Anniversary Riffs (i would dye for you)
Always more to tell you but… Over the past three days we sort of revisited our 2019 three day wedding
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Personal Musings
Diary: Grateful for hanami picnic (& projects finishing)
Grateful for the usual days (amongst the tumult) ~ Spontaneous picnic along the canal in pleasantly provincial Okayama. A few
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Ichiro 9 months old (at Yubara onsen rocking yukata)
Ichiro Stanley Thorvald Olson 9 months old today. Don’t remember life before him – I have photographs, journals and vague
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Ichiro and Ryoko (and moss and trees)
{You might have seen a sneak preview of this glorious snap but…} Behold!  My two lovelies, out in the
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Ichiro in the tatami room (proudest papa)
Yes i am the proudest papa with remarkable Ichiro. This is all. Good night. #io (photo by exceptional mama Ryoko)
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Grandson Ichiro at Ohaka grave with Fujita Family
8 month old Ichiro Stanley Thorvald Olson visiting his great-grandpa Ichiro’s ohaka grave on the 48th anniversary of his passing.
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Ichiro, “the Jolliest” & “Top o’ the morning”
1 more which is really 4, regardless Ichiro is the jolliest little guy (with mama Ryoko Olson) “Top o’ tha
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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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