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 […]
Category Archives: Art
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 […]
Details of Japan
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.
Niwaki Has Stole My Heart
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 […]
Stone Wall, Revisited and Crossed Over
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 […]
Drain Spotting
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 […]
At the Scene of the Shrine: Kamakura Great Buddha, Part the Second.
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 […]
Details from the Incense Burner at the Kamakura Great Buddha.
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 […]
Details and Close-ups.
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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