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A Dam Walk
After a couple of days of migraine, I needed a chance to breathe fresh air, so Tod & I took the train to Okutama on Sunday. We asked at the sightseeing office about local highlights and they suggested we head a little way out of town to the Ogouchi Dam. I think there may be some spectacular…
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Jumping Grandma
The Frisk campaign launched on 9/1 and a friend spotted me on the train that very day. The next day, I found myself on the Yamanote line with Heather….and there I was, leaping for Frisk. My tattoo has been Photoshopped out and I’m wearing a white wig and some daggy clothes, so it looks nothing…
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The Epic Saturday
August 13th was definitely my biggest day of 2011. In the morning, I led a hoop workshop, Finding Flow, for seven delightful hoopers at the Ephrata Performing Arts Center. I loved teaching my first hoop workshop in the US. Before the hoopers turned up, my cousin Chris and his family appeared at the theatre. They…
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Skipping Past Middle Age
The new haircolor, but all the old wrinkles. Yesterday I experienced a difficult blow to my self-image and ego. I was at a photo shoot for what will be a national ad campaign in Japan. I was thrilled to get the gig; it was my first official, not-for-a-friend modeling job. I was asked to bring…
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Towelkets
Allow me to introduce you to one of my summer necessities, the towelket. I cannot imagine this season without these lightweight cotton terry blankets. They are perfect for sleeping on and under in the sticky Tokyo heat. I splashed out and bought new ones yesterday and realised I’ve never seen them outside Japan. Japan has…
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Art Therapy
Two days in a row this week I was feeling wildly out of sorts: trapped and self-absorbed and generally bad. Was the heat to blame? Lack of exercise? I couldn’t quite figure it out, so I did my own personal art therapy. I sat down with my sketchbook yesterday morning and doodled the things that…
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New Moon, New Month
Today is a new moon and the start of July. I am taking the advice of my friend Heather (and several religious practices) to set intentions and begin new projects now. If you’ve followed along here for any length of time, you know I like To Do lists and usually my goal setting is quite…
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Audition
A few weeks back, a friend connected me to his agent for a specific hoop-related project (which hasn’t come together yet) and now the agency has been contacting me about other jobs. I’ve been in Tokyo for 13 years and have never once been to a modeling audition or even considered myself modelling material. But…
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Windy Day Bubbles
Today is hot and gusty, perfect for enjoying the beauty and fun of soap bubbles. I stuck a huge wand into the breeze and this is what happened. Visualizations of the wind, irregular streams buffeted into single bubbles and carried high into the sky.
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Solstice Sketching
This morning was sunny for the first time in what feels like a month. And today is the solstice. What a precious gift of a day. I celebrated by going to the park to hoop (and skip rope and juggle). I intended to be gentle to my recovering shoulder, but I’m not sure how one…
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