Carpe Diem – Chōyō (Chrysanthemum Festival)
The Ninth Month, Chôyô by Keisai Eisen The double ninth festival or chrysanthemum festival on the significant ninth day of the ninth month all throughout Asia. Nine has a lot […]
The Ninth Month, Chôyô by Keisai Eisen The double ninth festival or chrysanthemum festival on the significant ninth day of the ninth month all throughout Asia. Nine has a lot […]
I heard in birdsong from the trees Sweet singers are invisible they sang temptations to be free How could they? it’s unfeasible Sweet singers are invisible They tempt us to […]
Joseph touched his shaved chin and looked at himself in the mirror. Tonight he was better than ever before, his smile was innocent but had a lure that touched his […]
in late autumn farmer binds his hope to wheat bundles when field mouses have dinner in the sheaf farmer hunger — September 23, 2013
silent rain like falling willow leaves – a geisha’s tears Linked to Carpe Diem — September 22, 2013
Writing about living in two places (and times)
Poems & Stories from The Author Stew
practising for a whole life
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Running in the slow lane
The view from here ... Or here!
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” — Albert Einstein
chronicling my quarter life crisis