start of a new month, always feels a bit trepidatious for me, – for no reason except “did I do that?” and “how can I make life better?”
yet do all this in the fog of a debilitating illness so gotta step back & find so much life happens – amidst keeping home and family running, managed to roll out some creative endeavors
trepidatiously starting, yet reflecting on usual days Read Post »
With three Santa performances done, … i now return to civilian life as a middle-aged dude trying to put on
Civilian life to Jazz Matinee + cards & rhythms #diary Read Post »
spontaneous live stream while cutting up persimmons to make vinegar and talking about upcoming plans for festive season including Santa performances as well as family histories with accordions and Morse code
persimmons for vinegar and festive plan chit-chat {almost live} Read Post »
I have outstanding conversations with friends for catch-ups, folks with some sort of business ideas, friends recently with kids who
I’ve meant to call you Read Post »
Ergo: Video chitchat where I confuse myself trying to say things while catching you up on a few recent projects on a bright autumn day with diminishing ukulele skills – maybe you’ll watch anyway :-)
Takin’ care of sweet potatoes (& pod plugs) Read Post »
Wife was teaching tea ceremony this morning, son was with grandparents for a bit… They came home early afternoon, I
Diary: birthdays and cottages while waking from a hypnotic dream Read Post »
Cherry blossoms, not yetBut hooray ceremonial peach tree! On way to dentistFirst, drop Stan at schoolSee tree Ryoko trimmed up
Diary: dentist, ramen, trees, VW, Citroëns, shodo – completely usual activities Read Post »
While out and about on various expeditions, snap snap’d the usual days and the glimpses of regular life. {With generally
Scenes of life: spiral staircase, library signs, basket of balls + pink door Read Post »
So wiped out from the last few days… Tea ceremony, hospital checkpoints, another tea ceremony, garden visits, photo studio, preschool
So many things to tell you but I’ll scribble in Postcards, 1 by 1 because each of you deserves custom-made
Festive Omnibus Annotations (church, shrine, tea, gardens, fire, poems, snaps) Read Post »
Those years studying Stanislavski’s acting system coming through in my naturalistic/method acting portrayal of a certain festive character to the
*Method Acting* Santa Claus at “Forest Pre-school” Read Post »
Things I had planned to do today: * Clean fans, cover and take to kura + busted lamp * Same
Theme, maybe: best intentions and all of that Read Post »
This week: no scheduled hospital visits, wife super busy with work, so… trying to catch up, finish a few tasks
Reminder: planning, finishing up and do the basics Read Post »
Nov. 1: Oh, I just remembered I have to change all the calendars / well my day is suddenly packed.
Diary: “just keep breathing” and beat the blahs… disintermediated blurbs + snaps Read Post »
Ichiro away overnight to hot springs with grandparents – our 1st day/night alone, together. So, I wrote letters and compiled
Diary: momentary empty nest (with letters and sewing machine) #io Read Post »
Background: Had a real rough go of it yesterday trying to complete one of those seemingly impossible errands that one
Diary: home safe from ill-fated errand (with Ichi funtimes) Read Post »
