Gratitude Omnibus (with ukulele and K trucks)
A round-up for musings from the kura grain barn studio with several topics: new records, summer starts, fathers (various), mentors, […]
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Kitchen: Ume Ferments and Garden Veg ~ round-up
Harvesting Ume: Ryoko Olson in her professional environment climbing trees (note her awesome boots and toolbelt), trimming branches and raining
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Tsuchida Station Construction Walkthrough
The construction folks have a day off, the cleaners came this morning, the protective sheets came off yesterday so,… did
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Diary: What Comes Next? Shambling along on Summer schemes
What happens next? Summertime schemes… So, the mysterious “operation turtle” is as wrapped up as gonna getThe “healing ramble” project
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Japan Generational farm house and cottage story
+ Introducing our compound in Tsuchida, Okayama + I joined a Kominka (trad Japanese country home) renovation, acquisition & enjoyment
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Abode: Tsuchida Cottage (*old* street view)
Regarding Tsuchida cottage / house: as mentioned in previous “Japan cottage musings” videos (Tsuchida Yard & Garden & Generational Home),
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Diary: 3 wooden stick projects (sign post, postbox, wind phone)
Mounted three pieces of raw wood into Tsuchida tsuchi (soil) with concrete (or is it cement? – which do you
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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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Suez Panoramas, Global Postcards & Fungible Shiba Inu stamp
Arts and crafts update from the Kura barn with recent dossiers of various mixed media projects including: Suez Canal panoramas,
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Tsuchida Cottage Construction Roof Raising (time lapse + snaps)
After a 3+ weeks of digging out and laying foundation, connecting to various systems and preparing all the timbers with
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Personal Musings
Riff: about Tsuchida Cottage construction + vids
A few notes originally written to a friend as a letter in Feb 2021 riffing about the “Tsuchida Cottage” (soon
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Spontaneous Snaps
Noticed: Kei-trucks at the cottage (+ couple more)
Perhaps more rare than Sasquatch, a Kei-truck that is *not* white {or every once in a while silver, or occasionally
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Nostalgia for a Present Tense – Japan Cottage Musings
Nostalgia for a Present Tense – Japan Cottage Musings Amidst construction on Tsuchida Cottage, Dave runs-down recent events, both contemporary
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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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Time Travelers ~ art card project dossier & variations
+ Steady on Time Travelers, variations + While doing a photo shoot for Ichiro’s 100 days at Homare Photo Atelier
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Memo: Generational Home in Okayama
Posted as a comment on an article about someone’s kominka (trad Japanese house) project, sharing here so don’t lose it…
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