Winter Tanka 2024
It's been far too warm / this winter... feels autumn-like... / Blustering and warm; / drizzle is the worst it rains, / if we even get that much.
New Year's Resolutions
For the last several years, I've made a point of having at least one resolution for New Years
A Kernel of Truth
We are the compute power that runs the universe.
You heard that right. The answer to the age-old question "
Summer Tanka 2022 #2
The monstera of
the teahouse has just three leaves,
un-fenestrated;
But the ten propagations of pothos
dangle down from the
Summer Tanka 2022 #1
We're now in July
and still don't see a cloudless sky
as spring rains persist.
The
Copenhagen Swing Set
* One of the many around the city
* Seemingly desolate park with nobody in it
* Two-person swing set in a wide
Old Cafe Annex
* Hundred-sixty year old tea house in Mamedanomachi, called Shimaya.
* Jewel of a building; charming interior and exterior both.
* Will close
Sake Brewery Ladder
* Kuncho Brewery [https://goo.gl/maps/BEsxUvYjwrp] in Hita, Ōita, Japan
* Overly-steep, hundreds-of-years-old staircase leading up to this room
* Coincidental
Fire Duel
* Labor Day weekend getaway
* Friend brought kerosene-fueled katanas, just to have fun
* ...
* We did.
Late Summer Tanka 2017
In oppressive heat
it swirls, and I realize
why Ash Flies are named:
it gets in my eyes and stings,