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Dec.26.2012
Photo: Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas market) in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. From Wikipedia's "Christmas" page. Click on it for a bigger, more vivid picture. It's worth it.
Here's my Christmas song list that will be playing Christmas Eve and Christmas Day:
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Dec.07.2012
When I was little, we had a couple of Christmas traditions that I still think are pretty swell. We had a tree, my dad would string lights around the front door, and piles of presents would miraculously appear on Christmas morning. My sister and I could select our favorite toy to take...
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Nov.22.2012
When I was a child we lived in a house that looked like an old Dutch farm house. Since we were one of the few families in town who were Dutch, it made sense.
The house was a crazy quilt. Our basement was like an old root cellar. To go there we had to go out the back door,...
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Jul.09.2012
About a month back we went on a short hike. A break from the noise, quiet and vast views was just what I needed.
Corn colored grass glistened with the sun’s rays, swayed in the wind, calling for me to run through and fall into its soft cushion.
The views are always spectacular from up high. I can...
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Jun.15.2012
Let's start with a quiz. What three trees do the Japanese associate with happiness?
a. peach, plum, and appleb. cherry, Japanese maple, and cedarc. pine, bamboo, and plumd. willow, pine, and cedar
Photo Credit: Christopher Acheson
If you chose ...
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Jun.15.2012
June 15
IN THE MEADOW
Being the only tree in the meadow often leaves me feeling lonely. I tell myself of the camaraderie I imagine in the forest. These images are more poetic than real. I believe in community and support; I think of the woods as...
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Jan.31.2012
In my last JOK Notebook entry I presented 樹雨 (きさめ: precipitation resulting from thick fog condensing on leaves). That word begins with 樹 (888: tree, timber tree, stand of trees), a kanji I've recently encountered an eerie number of times.
For instance, I've been...
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Dec.18.2011
What is out come of little arrogance?
We may not realize its importance
We may get it back in same coin
When returned it may cause enormous pain
Not all can come out of its phobia
It is one kind of set back for intelligentsia
Some of unexpected fame gives rise to ego
It hurts them...
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Nov.25.2011
To see the bare remains of a tree in the middle of the river when there is foliage in the background is a rather humbling experience. Shorn of its identity, its faith in where it belongs remains intact. Personally, in the melancholia I see immense composure…it comes from the water surrounding it....
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Nov.25.2011
You were my lovely dear child
I missed you when was little away or on the field
You made my world so beautiful and enterprising
Life otherwise was dull and not promising
I know every child needs good father
But no one can take place of mother
You were so lucky to have me...
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