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Making Do. Domestic Kintsugi?

April 30, 2018by tompostpile 4 Comments

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 […]

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2018, Art, Essay, Gardening, Japan, photograph, West Tisbury, Wishetwurra Farm

Blue Tile Roof: Ao!!!

April 25, 2018by tompostpile 3 Comments

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 […]

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2018, Abstracts, Architecture, Art, Color, Essay, Japan, photograph, Things Seen, Travel

Carpy Diem

April 24, 2018by tompostpile 1 Comment

  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 […]

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2018, Art, Essay, Japan, Nature, photograph, Travel

Details of Japan

April 13, 2018by tompostpile Leave a comment

  Let me share with you ten things that caught my eye in Japan. In no particular order…. So many things to see. So little time.

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2018, Architecture, Art, Birds, Color, Japan, photograph

Niwaki Has Stole My Heart

April 12, 2018by tompostpile 1 Comment

We arrived late in Japan, and went to bed not long aftewards. The next morning it was raining, but on rising early went for a walk anyway. The very first […]

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2018, Art, Essay, Gardening, Japan, Landscapes, photograph, Things Seen, Travel, trees

Stone Wall, Revisited and Crossed Over

April 10, 2018by tompostpile 7 Comments

Here is one photograph for you to consider. When I pressed the shutter for this picture, I thought, “Oh, I hope I got that.” With a little cropping, I think […]

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2018, Art, Essay, Landscapes, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph

Drain Spotting

April 4, 2018by tompostpile 3 Comments

On the first full day in Japan, I looked down onto the street pavement and saw something that made me realize that we were definitely NOT in the United States […]

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2018, Architecture, Art, Color, Flowers, Japan, photograph, Travel

At the Scene of the Shrine: Kamakura Great Buddha, Part the Second.

March 26, 2018by tompostpile Leave a comment

Our trip to see the Kamakura Buddha involved half-hour walks on each end, with three trains and two transfers in the middle. When we arrived, there was no doubt in […]

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2018, Art, Essay, Japan, photograph

Details from the Incense Burner at the Kamakura Great Buddha.

March 26, 2018by tompostpile Leave a comment

We went to see the Great Buddha at the Kōtoku-in Temple in Kamakara. In front of the Buddha is a great, bronze incense burner. One of the first things I […]

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2018, Architecture, Art, Japan, photograph, Travel

Details and Close-ups.

March 9, 2018by tompostpile 2 Comments

For your viewing pleasure, here is a collection of things-seen. Steel bamboo. Flowers near an entry gate. Welcome to spring.  Lamp in a park.  Plants in a wall.  Tended birds. […]

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2018, Architecture, Art, Color, Flowers, Gardening, Japan, Nature, photograph, Things Seen

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