Today, a “mental health” / calm my brain into a meditative flow while making some thing useful / project in […]
project: natural fragrant & dehumidifying sachets (charcoal, ginkgo, hemp, sandalwood) Read Post »
Tsuchida Cottage (post-dinner) table setting with my flower arranging & postcard string on speaker wire (heavy gauge) / #postcards from
Snap: tsuchida cottage interior (w/ pork belly & postcards) Read Post »
Playing “Atlantic City” (not particularly well) on baritone ukulele. You know this song, written by Bruce Springsteen but really owned
Song(ish): Atlantic City with Ichi-Stan & bari-uke #video Read Post »
Good news: We got solar panels, power conditioner, and battery contract stamped just in time (before Feb. price hike). Will
Solar Panel plan for Tsuchida Cottage / notes & annotations Read Post »
Speaking of organizing, made it out to barn, studio the other day, couldn’t find project wanted to work on (a
Tidying up: kura, recycling and firestarters (and a few notes from around the house) Read Post »
Diary notes: Saturday included: new orthotic inserts, made on site to order, plus reviewed/evaluated big bag of shoes for sturdiness
Diary: sparking tiny fires Read Post »
Diary notes, new week ahoy: Oh noes, Ichiro has a bit of a fever, not super high but too high
Diary: fevers, poetry schemes, & a crane lands yonder Read Post »
Really apropos of nothing, just a few unedited notes i sent out via social channels during recent typhoon here in
Typhoon Nanmadol annotations Read Post »
Ichiro art hanging between 2 masters / Michal Korman (L) & Noriko Miyake (R) at Tsuchida Cottage. Captured before moving
Art: Michal, Ichiro, Noriko paintings on display at Tsuchida Cottage Read Post »
While the second floor of my kura barn is well documented as a mixed media arts and craft studio, this
Plan: Kura, 1st floor “concept” (family hang-out arts and crafts music clubhouse) Read Post »
Summer 2021: Glorious Kura barn 125+ yrs old got a century retrofit with heat-pump/cooler, electric upgrade with breaker box &
Kura barn / storehouse turned studio, consulate and lounge (round-up/catch-all) Read Post »
Father’s Day sashimi, also received a three pack of socks. Thanks to all those have given me sweet and sincere
Papa’s Day Sashimi (and socks) Read Post »
Tidying up the artifacts, as such, here is a subset of paintings at Tsuchida Cottage and/or Giggling Piglet Studio and
Items: 4 paintings (by BC artists) at Tsuchida Cottage Read Post »
So, to no one in particular, “please don’t mind if the posts seem a little scattershot, maybe not finely-tuned, polished
Diary: Luxury life with scattershot actions amidst (in)consequential events Read Post »
Absolutely Nothing of interest, just tidying up – like Japan’s version of Marie Kondo – in the “Giggling Piglet Studio
Dim Sum: Ambient Sortganizing in the kura barn studio #video Read Post »
