● Sakura and Shodo
Natural hair and wood brushes or “fude” for Japanese calligraphy.
Konnichiwa!
It’s a new spring season. I am in my workshop. This time two years ago, I was … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Keeping Score
Deep down we know that life is short. Live your life today. Be bold. Don’t spend so much time suffering. Be courageous. Be scared to death. Then take the … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Only As Good
A country is only as good… only as strong as the people who make it up and the country turns into what the people want it to become… I … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Be The Truth
Anticipating the end of the world is humanity’s oldest pastime.
– David Mitchel, Cloud Atlas
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♥️ Shirley J
Source image: red rose, Aryan paswan CC-SA3.0
● Somebody’s Watching
Never be satisfied with the way things are now.
Think that over and in the meantime, let’s eat.
It’s National Pi Day!
Read this post that I left last … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Harriet Tubman
Moses of her people.
Many children learned that Mrs Harriet Ross Tubman led American slaves to freedom. Unfortunately, a lot of us only learned that one line.
There is … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Standing for Something
The Mother and Child statue depicts a mother holding a baby in her right arm while trying to carry a toddler on her back with her left hand, symbolizing … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Always There, Pt 2
T
here is power in choosing one’s reaction to events instead of being a victim.
Baadaye
Shirley J ♥️👣
🏮 Always There
Harvest or Supermoon , September 17, 2024.
M
oon over my little town. Distractions, confusion, and uncertainty make us forget sometimes that it is always there!
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Around us, … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Sanctuary
N
ot a hiding place.
Back in my wood shop.
It is an incubator of hope, healing, and change.
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Sometimes, one day in a different place will … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: After Shikoku
I’m home.
During the Shikoku 88 pilgrimage, which I began at Ryozen-ji, temple 1, and ended at the same place, I took a mini-grand tour of Japan. I visited … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-San: Scary Lions
It’s time! Yes. It is time to as the old folks say to “get on up out of here!” I accomplished everything that I wanted and more. I’m grateful … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞