Ichiro: Waiting (with intentions) 23.6
Good morning from a cottage in Japan with an update to say “no update per se“. Thanks for all your […]
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Kinfolk + Pals
Personal Musings
Diary: Ryoko in the Garden (with belly)
Who is ready to give birth any hour/day but is outside tuning up a grape trellis with hand-cut bamboo? Yep,
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Collections of Artifacts
Items: Zori sandals (handmade by Ryoko) x 2
Ryoko is doing all sorts of sewing and other creative work in preparation for baby as well as general use
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Kinfolk + Pals
Diary: Ichiro in Hotel Ryoko
All is proceeding well in Hotel Ryoko / June 18 or before / 2624g so far > Carry on. #ichirostanley
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Personal Musings
Diary: washoku, pizza, strudel, tacos, pickles, ramen & more everyday food
Just another food round-up from Tsuchida Cottage. Of course, we are cooking at home, groceries get delivered (and some from
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Personal Musings
Diary: Ryoko gardening (more) and visiting grave (again)
{Catching up with…} Yet another visit to grandpa Ichiro’s grave during the pregnancy + pandemic, plus get another photo of
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Kinfolk + Pals, Music / Rock
Artifacts and Birthday Greetz to Dan Mangan, 2020
Musician and pal Dan Mangan shares a birthday (april 28) with my sweet wife Ryoko (he’s a year older) and
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Kinfolk + Pals
Diary: Birthday Fun with Dear Ryoko
Happy Birthday to my ray of sunshine Ryoko! Every day is the most wonderful fun with you. Let’s enjoy tea,
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Personal Musings
Diary: Goat Farm Birthday Lunch and Hangout
Ryoko’s birthday on April 28 was of course in the midst of all of the *global meltdown pandemic* whatever but,
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Personal Musings
Ichiro x 4 #inspiration
Ichiro x 4 Note: visually explaining how we chose our baby name “Ichiro” as it came from: Ryoko’s paternal grandfather
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Personal Musings
We are waiting for you Ichiro…
We are waiting for you Ichiro Stanley Thorvald Olson… The world is weird, but wonderful and we are ready to
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Japan Cottage Musings
Dave + Ryoko Anniversary Tea Time Variety Show (almost live)
Join us for tea at Tsuchida Cottage, Okayama for our 1st wedding anniversary. We’ll play some songs, catch you up
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Personal Musings
Diary: Pleasant Home Life with baby clothes, rabbit and bocce
My my the pleasant days go by – we fill our days with tending to lists of tasks from gardens
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Personal Musings
Diary: More Rocks, also Herbs + Bocce Dreams (with time lapse fun)
As noted recently, we put in a fresh garden plot in the front yard area of our house in Tsuchida,
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Improving Campsite, Personal Musings
Diary: Moving Boulders, Laying Bricks, Planting Seeds at Tsuchida Cottage
Quick notes: relocated these three big old foundation boulders using a tripod and pulley to make a little ring around
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