Friday, August 31, 2012



11 Aug
Invited to a gallery opening. I don't keep a dress downtown, and feeling lazy and comfy with a good book. We'll see how I feel this evening.
10 Aug
Started reading John Keegan's The Second World War. So... good! *Happy* *Happy*
10 Aug
Reading list tonight: San Francisco in the 1930s (FWP/WPA), The Second World War (Keegan), Total Recall (Bell & Gemmell). Which one first?
10 Aug
Wifi is not working this week. Instead of fixing it, having a great time rereading a friend's book +TV. Back to haiku next Monday. Sorry! ;)
10 Aug
Asia is not the most ideal place to live in. Why? No sense of humor. Not that it doesn't exist - they are not aware they already have it.
10 Aug
Aura surrounds the best & the brightest, and 君子(people of virtue) revered, respected. The elite, in turn, try to be benevolent.
10 Aug
You know a culture is ill when high athletic & academic merit is not deemed hip. America tries to celebrate mediocrity and fails.
8 Aug
Opinion: European leaders must seize the day
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8 Dec 08
... read ... my ... muzzlepuffs ... if you get a puppy, I'll make sure to make his life a pure puppy hell. HELL! Capiche?
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6 Aug
Remembering the Pathfinder & Sojourner (landed on Mars on July 4, 1997) I had a party at my house, so memory is vivid.
5 Aug
The beautiful shadow of a beautiful rover on Mars. Congratulations team!!
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5 Aug
Montagnes russes, mini-tsunamis, Émilie Proulx
5 Aug
You just haven't earned it yet, baby, The Smiths
5 Aug
I enjoy most shows on NHK but the current music scene is dismal. Cultural downhill? Such a pity. Japan is capable of simply sublime feats...
5 Aug
Modern art: Being pursued yet not making your life complicated. (I am not playing the ultimate hard-to-get - it just turned out that way...)
5 Aug
I do apologize - I no longer answer fan mail due to personal reasons. It will all become clear when things become more transparent...
4 Aug
Arrange five and three / Zen meditation flowers / Water musical 座禅草の五つ三つに水奏で
4 Aug
Auspiciousness and / Sorrowfulness too - all there / In chrysanthemums めでたさも悲しさもあり菊の花
4 Aug
Hate being explicit - but in this strange age sometimes it's essential: Endings and new beginnings should be crystal clear (+ space between)
4 Aug
A remote tableau / Don't seem to be competing / Those faraway yachts 競ふとも見えぬ遠さのヨットかな
4 Aug
Hummingbird vine blooms / Who could have thought flowers could / Become this crimson こんな赤にもなれますと縷紅草
4 Aug
Coquelicot poppy / To dote on and attend to / The one and only 虞美人草只いちにんを愛し抜く
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3 Aug
The height of the grass / Tall enough to tumble from / For baby sparrows 子雀のこぼれ落ちたる草の丈
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2 Aug
You know when you're home / Fragrance and brilliant hue / Tangerine blossom ふるさとはみかんのはなのにほふとき
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2 Aug
Glow at sunrise - yet / The lamplight from yesterday / Just as it was left 朝焼によべのランプはよべのまま
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2 Aug
First steps on its own / Little fawn learning to walk / Rain in the pasture 鹿の子のひとりあるきに草の雨
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2 Aug
Peony blossom / Swelling in size all throughout / Dozing off - snooze snooze 芍薬のうつらうつらと増えてゆく
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2 Aug
Solitariness / Appreciating playing / With the varied tit 山雀とあそぶさみしさこのみけり
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2 Aug
A distressing sight / Flowerets have missed the mark / Lacecap hydrangeas かなしみのはづれより咲く額の花
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1 Aug
What is in the bloom / Anemone peony / Seems like a halo 牡丹の花に暈ある如くなりふ
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1 Aug
Mallika jasmine / The hand that picks up the bloom / Smells like perfume too 茉莉花を拾ひたる手もまた匂ふ
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1 Aug
Such a narrow path / Packed with 'Sumo' violets / Blossoms bearing dew 道ほそし相撲取り草の花の露
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