: π· #mbjune Day 30: Solitude
: π· #mbjune Day 29: Winding
: π· #mbjune Day 28: Ephemeral
: π· #mbjune Day 27: Collective
: π· #mbjune Day 26: Bridge - only one in this pic is the real thing, and the others are pretty!
: π· #mbjune Day 25: Decay Out of destruction, decay, the possibility of a kiss to life yet rises?
: π· #mbjune Day 24: Bloom (and Bodhi)
: π· #mbjune Day 23: Fracture Ancient fractures pushed up these Pyrenees!
: π· #mbjune Day 22: Hometown hero, Momotaro, Son of a Peach.
: π· #mbjune Day 21: Silhouette End of the Fishing Day, noodling around in the boat.
: π· #mbjune Day 19: Equal Equal (in deliciousness, diverse in appearance)
: π· #mbjune Day 18: Texture
: π· #mbjune Day 17: Warmth From warm to storm?
: π· #mbjune Day 15: Tie(s) From the recent rice-planting festival ritual, some bright ties.
: π· #mbjune Day 16: Blur A young performer at the summer Uraja dance festival.
: π· #mbjune Day 14 Twilight
: π· #mbjune Day 13 Pathway Or, ‘Island Hopping’ in traditional Japanese garden design.
: π· #mbjune Day 12: hidden Surfacing among the snow bells and hidden no more!
: π· #mbjune Day 11 Brick The yellow βtenji' blocks are a local invention to be proud of!
: π· #mbjune Day 10 Rail Bloom where you’re planted, some say. Or, rise up and give glory β¦
: π· #mbjune Day 09 Wood Lit by the rising sun one Easter morning in the hills, I encounter this: β¦
: π· #mbjune Day 08 Travel “In-flight offerings” (to the admiring photographer)
: π· #mbjune Day 07: Switch (x2) as in: slender, flexible shoot cut from a tree . . .
: π·#mbjune Day 06: Contrast The Quick and the . . . Harvested.
: β¦ A generative pairing: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore β° The After Literacy blog β¦
: #mbjune Day 05: Reflection A sweetening string of autumnal persimmons makes for sun-dried wintering β¦
: π· Day 4: nostalgia #mbjune Way back when in the 1980s there used to be a Friday night disco in the β¦
: π·#mbjune Mostly curves. A couple of corners.
: Today I finished reading Lauren Groff’s The Vaster Wilds, a potent and affecting read. I felt β¦
: π·Day 1 #mbjune. This curious mulberry tree is leaning across the stream and lifting the well cover β¦
: June, beginning I do not really drop off properly again after 3AM. I donβt mind dozing. The temperature is β¦
: A way of embodied contemplation: climb the stairs to the shrine to make your offering and, if you β¦
: Paging through John Felstiner’s bio of Paul Celan, I’m transported by his first meeting, β¦
: Wandering happily in the hills last weekend, I happened upon rather a bizarre collection of (plaster β¦
: NatGeo explorer and writer, Paul Salopek, a person I have long admired, and whose work has had many β¦
: Wafting up from the kitchen, the singular, cozy aroma of (probably) the last of this season’s β¦
: On a sunrise walk along the garden wall, musing on the peony, its slow, magnificent opening and its β¦
: Humming ‘Chain-chain-chain’ from the Lady of Soul this morning on my way to work π΅. β¦
: There’s a speck of Jupiter, Crow Castle, Moonset, & Earth Shine. A spectacular Beltane β¦
: To wit, to woo! Thank you, Vlad, for the lovely work you’ve made! ππ». If you are in need of a β¦
: Katy Siena, Bonds, Boundaries and the Practice of Commoning New moon π and I begin again, here. Spring is in the air and I have a sense of seeds, of a garden, β¦
: The Daily PI #12 - The Week containing Spring Equinox βοΈ 0317 Song of Kokoro, song of Nightingale π 0318 This Way and That - Wishing for Coalescence π₯ β¦
: The Daily PI #31 βοΈ 0728 Brutal heat 36-7C. Hissing reptilian brain responds. π 029 Summer Abundance . . . (summer β¦
: The Daily PI #30 βοΈ 0721 Full moon (The Berry Moon - oborozuki ζ§ζ - with cream?) π 0722 Peach muffins, fresh from the β¦
: The Daily PI #29 βοΈ 0714 Quiet house, healing π 0715 Quiet house, a washout of a long weekend π₯ 0716 No traction - a β¦
: The Daily PI #28 βοΈ 0707 Singing up the sun - Tanabata π x Lotus Festival πͺ· π 0708 The clink of ice in a glass at the β¦
: The Daily PI #27 βοΈ 0630 Desk Jockeying (contentedly) π 0701 Keyword: βtopsoilβ π₯ 0702 A spray of mauve-pink day β¦
: The Daily PI #26 βοΈ 0623 Cuspy Do Overs Clarify π 0624 Waterfalls in full voice! π₯ 0625 Constellation: Fruiting trees β¦
: The Daily PI #25 June - Midsummer βοΈ 016 Heaviness - rising heat, humidity, falling spirit π 017 First Peach of the β¦
: The Daily PI #24 βοΈ 0610 Mugwort in the morning, freshened by rain; astonishing vividness of hydrangea! (About a β¦
: The Daily PI #23 βοΈ 0602 A scarlet (Magdalene?) summer lily. π 0603 Seen from the hide: a baby ferret, the β¦
: The Daily PI #22 βοΈ 0526. After the Rose Garden, a softening, capaciousness of mind π 0527. Warm, swelling, dragging β¦
: The Daily PI #21 βοΈ 0519 Elevating afternoon @ the symphony π 0520 Bright & productive π₯ 0521 Fogs n' wobbles β¦
: The Daily PI #20 βοΈ 0512 Unrelenting noise: A hard day, quite, quite wretched π 0513 The gift of a difficult dream π₯ β¦
: The Daily PI #19 βοΈ 0505 Happiness is - a beautiful day, a picnic in the woods with friends π 0506 Back to work π§οΈ π₯ β¦
: The Daily PI #18 βοΈ 0428 Hill Walking π 0429 The Yoke is Easy? (Yet, I am Desperately Worky!) π₯ 0430 Invitation from β¦
: The Daily Pi #17 βοΈ 0422 In soft rain, voluptuous hillside wild wisteria and a tea party letting out at temple π 0423 β¦
: The Daily PI #16 βοΈ 0414 Sparkling, easeful, wonderfully chill day π 0415 ‘Fubukiβ - Petal Blizzards, Pink β¦
: The Daily PI #15 βοΈ 0107 Calloo-Callay! Carnival’s end! π 0408 First swallows among blossom clouds π₯ 0409 Rain β¦
: The Daily PI #14 π 0331 A happy reunion π₯ 0401 Diverging paths π§ 0402 Season of bouquets π² 0403 The late, slow bloom β¦
: The Daily PI #13 βοΈ 0324 Lost in the weeds π 0325 First Blossoms, the other Annunciation, and a lunar eclipse π₯ 0326 β¦
: The Daily PI #11 βοΈ 0310 π π¦ π Reptilian π 0311 New Moon, Dark Castle π₯Ί π₯ 0312 Hakama Partay π π§ 0313 Lunching on the β¦
: The Daily PI #10 βοΈ 0302 Morning @ the dojo! πΉπΉ Afternoon celebrating the Irish (saint) alongside the canal β¦
: The Daily PI #9 βοΈ 0225 From the Florist: the first big branches of Sakura in a big vase at home π 0226 π₯Ύ A β¦
: No. 8 Calyx - A Haul in the Whorl A Week’s Notes, Feb W08 020240218-24 Books π Kate Rigby’s Meditations on Creation in an β¦
: No. 7 Calyx - A Haul in the Whorl Feb W07 Books π π£ Deborah Levy’s Real Estate β° π awks: βmy best male friendβ peppered through β¦
: The Daily PI #7 βοΈ 0211 Playing Peekaboo w the Red Rising Sun π 0212 Sliding doors sliding again π₯ 0213 Lessons in β¦
: The Daily PI #6 βοΈ 0204 Dappled Sorrow π 0205 A Bright Spring Bouquet π₯ 0207 Pajama Day: Kotatsu & a Hot β¦
: No. 6 Calyx - A Haul in the Whorl 024.06 Books π Deborah Levyβs Real Estate is the book being enjoyed in snatches at the moment. Other than β¦
: No. 5 Calyx - A Haul in the Whorl 024.05 Books π βHold a book in your hands, and youβre a pilgrim at the gates of a new cityβ β Anne β¦
: The Daily PI #5 βοΈ 0128 Post collapse, a work catch-up day π 0129 Cold, with a hint of Spring π₯ 0130 Passing β¦
: The Daily PI #4 βοΈ 0121 An Etiquette Lesson from a Red Pine π 0122 The Rachmaninov Reward π₯ 0123 Moon Bounce from β¦
: No. 4. Calyx - A Haul in the Whorl 024.04 Books π Finished Sarah Perryβs The Essex Serpent_π (π₯°) Some pics of Essex estuary-scapes surfaced β¦
: The Daily PI #3 βοΈ S 0114 In a Cave π M 0115 Andante, andante π₯ T 0116 First Daffodil (a gift of light that bends β¦
: Calyx - A Haul in the Whorl 024.03 Books π Added this week β¦ ππ» Yay! π΅π²π΄π³ The Language of Plants eds. Gagliano, Ryan and Vieira β¦
: The Daily Pi #2 βοΈ S 0107 Kite Capture β¦ Anpanman in the Branches π M 0108 Love of Mending (needle and thread) π₯ T β¦
: A Haul in the Whorl 024.02 Books π Beautiful looking ebook classics Bringing me a lot of pleasure this week is the arrival of β¦
: A Haul in the Whorl 024.01 Notes & Quotes π¬ Jan Richardsonβs beautiful offering for Womenβs Christmas is here and β¦
: #52 The Daily Pi (Poetic Instant) βοΈ 1224. Being with the Bereaved π 1225. An odd, low key Christmas day π(Present to What Is) π₯ 1226. β¦
: A Haul in the Whorl 023.52 Solstice season and I wake daily to a vase of pastel coloured sweetpeas, the gift of a sweet friend. β¦
: #49 The Daily Pi (Poetic Instant) βοΈ 1203 The mini apocalypse β the chaos that precedes creation π 1204 Release and ascent into the β¦
: #51 The Daily Pi (Poetic instant) βοΈ 1217 First Snow π¨οΈ The Beginning of Astronomical Winter (a 12C temperature drop!) π 1218 OsΕji π₯ β¦
: # 50 The Daily Pi (Poetic instant) βοΈ 1210 The priceless value of anticipationβ¦ π 1211 Care packages, old friends π₯ 1212 An evening β¦
: # 48 The Daily Pi (Poetic Instant) 1126 βοΈ A Joy: Hiking in the Hills Leaf Peeping 1127 π A Sorrow: Death comes near 1128 π₯ The Hardest β¦
: #47 The Daily Pi (Poetic Instant) βοΈ 1119. The Talents: Letting them rip v Hiding them in fear? π 1120. Siding with the Hesitant π₯ β¦
: #46 The Daily Pi (Poetic Instant) π₯§ 02023.11.12 ~ 11.18.02023 βοΈ1112 … A Special Meeting with a (rare) Black Kuan Yin @ Entsuji β¦
: #45 The Daily Pi (Poetic Instant) βοΈ1105 … Life’s Fragilities, Polishing Silver π 1106 … You, Scrolling Casually β¦
: #44 The Daily Pi (Poetic Instant) βοΈ1029 Ami shone! π©π»βπ¦Όβ¨π₯° π1030 Up for Moonset: Who Precedes You to the Horizon, Luna? π₯1031 Last β¦
: #43 Day-by-Day: Poetic Instants βοΈ 1022 Catching (sight of) a fleeting Orionid arrow at dawn π π 1023 Mischievous fairy’s β¦
: #42 Day-by-day: Poetic Instants βοΈ 1015 … Stand in y/our Loss; Breathe it in, and … BEGIN (~ Christiana Figueres) π β¦
: #41 Day-by-Day: Poetic Instants βοΈ 1008 … Fields of Gold, Chittering Pondside Kingfishers, small pods of Nutria streaming β¦
: A typically perspicacious and thought provoking remark by Mark Vernon on a recent thoughtful essay β¦
: #40 Day-by-Day: Poetic Instants βοΈ 1001 … The Fish Above, The Crow Below π 1002 … A Bright Cascade of Orange β¦
: #39 Day-by-Day, Poetic Instants βοΈ 0924 … A slow Sunday morning welcomed with Qi Gung π 0925 … Head down, scrounging β¦
: A Personal Translation Bugbear ... So interesting to learn about International Translation Day, established by the United Nations in β¦
: teacherly aspiration ππ» ‘nurture reflection, shelter hope, inspire audacity’ Thanks β¦
: πΎ First of the Autumn Equinox microseasons: “Thunder Lowers Its Voice” (Sep 22 β Sep β¦
: #38 Warp Threads around which the Week Wove π Planetary Leanings for those in Temperate Zones, opening the Autumn Equinox Window βοΈ 0917 Rowdy β¦
: Good enough 1.4, monks on the move, swallows depart, the 'herald thought' bearing fruit? On the way to work, astride the scooting steed, I am sitting at a traffic light and recognise the β¦
: Good enough 1.3, asking & listening The Season of Creation’s guiding verse is βBut let justice roll on like a river, β¦
: Good enough 1.2, glowing caves: set side by side Teilhard, a devotee of the Sacred Heart, said of the Pinta engraving he carried with him: β¦
: Good enough 1.1 - labyrinths, inks and other slow, wild arts Finding this gorgeous, inviting labyrinth pic and its enticing accompanying event - such a portal β¦
: #37 Warp Threads around which the Week Wove βοΈ 0910 - First sighting, ever: I saw (and was seen by) a Wild βMer-Pigβ π!π³ M 0911 - First hearing, β¦
: #36 Warp Threads around which the Week Wove βοΈ 0903 Street food for brekkie (sho-ron-po)! M 0904 βThat day at the Barbershop …β Another β¦
: #35 Warp Threads around which the Week Wove βοΈ 0827 Losing and Finding - Entertaining the Trickster M 0828 Shifts underway: leaves letting go, β¦
: #34 Warp Threads around which the Week Wove S 0820 Up, up and A-wheeee (The Cicada Chronicles, cont’d.) M 0821 Soupy afternoons sanctuary: β¦
: #33 Warp Threads around which the Week Wove S 0813 One shooting star π« from the Pleides; two baby cormorants M 0814 Shedding season: a long, β¦
: Warp Threads of the Week that Was #32 S0806 - Steamy evening under the kind scents of a camphor laurel at the Summer Revels M0807 - On the β¦
: August 9th, 99 years ago, these dames docked in Kobe aboard the President Wilson, aka the β¦
: Warp Threads of the Week that Was #31 S0730 - Early morning read on the roof M0731 - Kingfisher! β¦
: π Fabulous factoid ποΈ (via Melanie Challengerβs How to be Animal): the collective noun for zebras is β¦
: Moonbathing Belly up on a bench full moon bathing and I see, sailing swiftly across the sky, a trail of bright β¦
: First Fruits CoΓΆrdinates: ππ» 17th Week in Ordinary Time βοΈ This is the second micro-season of the season of Major β¦
: π§οΈIt’s a mystery what stays in the memory. I hope this does: it’s dawn and I’m in β¦
: Out of the slit of my sleepers, thru the crack in my curtain, this red solstice sky called me up at β¦