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Kurotani Japanese Paper Museum
Our first stop of the day is at Kurotani Japanese Paper Museum in Ayabe. Here 800 years of making washi paper by hand is still alive. Continue reading
Hokkaido Crab
The large and lively beast barely wedges into the pot. Naturally it isn’t eager to go in. Continue reading
Hosen-in Temple, Kyoto
The art of matchless garden design and ancient pine framed by the temple pillars somehow suspends time. Continue reading
Grass Blooms (Issa)
In my province grass blooms too. (Issa) Continue reading
Sakura (Cherry Blossoms) in Abbotsford, BC
The fragile, fleeting nature of life underscores all loss in ethereal petals about to let loose on the wind. Continue reading
Sakura at Fushimi Inari
To my left a distant cloud of pink catches my attention—a lone tree, magnificent for its startling solitude in the evergreen forest still dark with the last days of winter. Continue reading
Rengeji, Kyoto
This temple visit wasn’t on the original plan; however, the space in front of the gates appeared as if by design and now it’s our destination, if not our destiny. Continue reading
Autumnal splendor at Nanzenji
The autumnal fires are in full, glorious blaze on this November morning. Continue reading
Posted in Japan, Travel & Culture
Tagged Autumn in Japan., Autumn Leaf Viewing in Japan, Nanzenji
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Prisoner of Snowflake Falls Shortlisted for BC Book Prize
Readers who love this book will be ones who love the suspense of a stakeout. Anything might happen Continue reading
3.11.2013
We cry out for what we have lost, and we remember you again. Leonard Cohen Continue reading