Thank You! I saw it made!
One of my best windows into Japan and things Japanese is a series called “The Making”. They’re all of fourteen minutes long, and are well worth watching. I’ve been watching these […]
Category Archives: 2018
Foggy Beach, Damp Dog
Yesterday was off-and-on rainy, and as the rain eased off, the afternoon got foggy. The sight of a bored dog perched on the back of the sofa made us think […]
Flowers of June Tooth
Let us present to you a June Second, 2018 album of flowers blooming in and around the yard at Wishetwurra Farm. Chive flowers are pale and pleasing. It’s iris time. […]
Making Do. Domestic Kintsugi?
While I did not experience the United States’ Great Depression of the 1930’s, I am the child of grandparents and parents who did. The depression changed and marked them. Those times […]
Wishetwurra Farm, April 28, 2018
Despite the joyful and consuming arrival of last fall’s miracle, Coquina the Wonderdog, and other diversions such as the trip to Japan, Wishetwurra Farm still functions. Winter was hard on […]
Portraits on a Rainy Afternoon
Coquina was resting on her favorite spot on the top of the sofa near the window. It’s a comfy place, though a bit narrow. The attraction, other than the fact […]
Seen Through the Train Window
In Japan we had the astonishing experience of being able to travel on trains easily, to where we wanted to go. On trains that were clean. On trains that ran […]
Blue Tile Roof: Ao!!!
Here in “Nor’England” there are few tile roofs. Over there, in Japan, are many. I don’t know a lot about these roof tiles. In Japanese they’re called “kawara”. Here’s a […]
Carpy Diem
Our visit to Japan has not been highly choreographed or scheduled. Much of my time has been been spent as an exercise in being present, of hoping to be […]
A Blue Grosbeak Visits Wishetwurra Farm
It was late afternoon at Wishewurra Farm. I looked out the window too look at the bird feeder. WHAT was that bird?? I’d noticed because it was not a bird […]
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