Early Spring Opening.
Most of the tompostpile’s March has been “Japan”. I’m not done with Japan. I never will be. Sorting through the experience, and through the thousands of photos taken, will take […]
Category Archives: Words
Sakura!
“Sakura” was one of the first Japanese words I ever learned. Sakura = cherry blossom. Here’s a character for “sakura”. I wish I knew about ten thousand more ideograms. In […]
First Walk.
To travel twenty-four hours with little sleep makes a person dead-tired. I may even have been asleep before my body touched the mattress. The night’s sleep was an expedition to […]
Curious Coquina Studies the Supine
Coquina is a cheerful and intelligent canine. At Quansoo a few days ago, the wind was low and the sun was pleasantly warm. For late February, it was preposterously pleasant. […]
Things Seen Lately: Olio
Notice: This post will be a digressive ramble. From time to time the ‘pile publishes a group of unrelated pictures, pictures of interest that don’t have a major unifying theme. […]
Coquina at the Beach…
Please forgive this besotted author if the tompostpile seems to have entered an “All Puppy All the Time!” phase. Our hearts have been stolen by five pounds of little dog. […]
Love Apples
Love Apples. “Pomodoro”, in Italian. “Tomato” in English, and the word is similarly sounded in many other languages. Tomatoes are “Nyanya” in Swahili. They’re”Yaanyo” in Somali, and “Utamatisi” in Zulu. […]
