Tsuchida Cottage Art Gallery (in process)
New addition by Jean Smith (see also: Mecca Normal) / this lady reminds me of someone, somehow… do you know […]
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A la Carte, Personal Musings
Personal Musings
Diary: usual days / summer’s end 2020 (ophthalmologist, peanut butter, cats, coins, plans)
This summer was a splendid fog of humid waves of action welcoming baby Ichiro amongst *all the world*. Yet, remains
Personal Musings
Diary: baby (items) exchange at community centre (+ census)
Census form packet came in post! Really starting to feel like I *live* in Japan now, (complete with adorable wife
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Personal Musings
Kitchen: Dave’s Pickles (“branded” as gifts, not a side-hustle)
Don’t call it a business, nor a side hustle, this is arts and crafts for gifts and kindness. This batch
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Personal Musings
Diary: Get on the Omnibus (annotations from the fog)
Winderness Hotspring painting by Noriko Miyake Lots on my mind to riff about sometime about with various dangling topics &
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Diary: #daveo50 Birthday Annotations / grills, records, pool
[note: Compiled Aug 2022, backdated to Aug 2020] 2020 was a big year as I was turning 50 (halfway there!)
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Portraits of the Artiste
#daveo50 ~ 16.8.2020 (4 variations) #fini
Project: Upon turning 50 years old on August 16, 2020, Dave Olson (me, hello) is posting a photo (or maybe
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Personal Musings
Diary: Over the wall (to barber in the neighbourhood)
Note: gone “over the wall” for a haircut / yup legit barber for #daveo50 coif. Results: This fella Touse-san at
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Personal Musings
Kitchen: just tidying up, no big deal
“Celebrating” the Canucks game in the “usual manner”… Washing dishes. Will enjoy an iced coffee while doing so at least
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Personal Musings
Diary: Ichiro clothes hanging to dry
Ichiro set for sharp outfits for a bit. Sorting into “now” “soon” & “later” piles. Thank you for all the
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Kinfolk + Pals
Diary: Otoosan’s (FiL) 65th Birthday
Happy Birthday to this fun-loving, shogi-playing, loud-talking, curry-making, sweet & kind (with great head of hair), retired civil engineer and
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Personal Musings
Diary: Choosing a Tree from City (for baby)
Our local city government of Okayama has a splendid program which offers us a choice of tree sapling upon significant
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Personal Musings
Kitchen: Variety of pork, sashimi, soup and sauces
I suspect you eat food, likely more than once per day. While I dabble in many mediums of art, the
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Personal Musings
Kitchen: Snapper (tai) and/or Wagyu (beef)
+ Dinner choices (& results) at Tsuchida Cottage with Snapper (Tai) or Wagyu (beef) + Amongst all the goodness in
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Personal Musings
Kitchen: Brief guide to salt fermented pickles
For the record, these are salt fermented though i did a couple with vinegar and sugar which are great too.
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Personal Musings
Diary: Tie dyes for Ichiro + Deadhead treats from Brother/Uncle Dan
{Catching up with…} Leading up to Ichiro’s birth, another wonderful package arrived – this one from brother Dan (with postal
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