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1993: Sisters in Song
Cleaning out some of my photos and memorabilia, I came across this treasure. Me, Louise Zbozny, Shirley Mounts, and Jen Zbozny after our first place triumph in the Fiberfest Talent show. We performed a ten minute musical. Country girl (Louise) versus her city-loving sister (me) with Jen as our neighbor and Shirley as the Narrator.…
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Reasonably Tidy
The living room circa 1978 “What sort of home did you grow up in?” a #minsgame friend asked me after describing her mother’s hoarding tendencies and the clutter she lived with as a child. A phrase popped into my head immediately. Mom described our house as “reasonably tidy” and I remember her making sure that…
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In Front of the Camera
Me & Tod “on set” in our living room For a change, I am in front of the camera in character and in costume. I have a small part in a film project being done by Jesse & Will at Ice Block Films. Their shooting schedule spans a full year and mine are the first…
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Uniform
As I go about simplifying and minimising my life, I’ve been reading about personal uniforms – the efficiency of not having to think about what to wear. New day, same look. Steve Jobs and his mock turtleneck and jeans is a good example. I had a uniform for a while: leggings, short skirt and tank tops. It…
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At the Kid’s Table
Lucy and her mandala with Lily in the background. A selection of our drawings. Tod & I went to an oden party yesterday evening hosted by Elizabeth and Atsunori. Their apartment was filled with food and families. After chatting with the parents for a while, my introverted self decided to go color with the kids.…
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Ringing in the New Year
At midnight, we joined the parade of neighbours and worshippers at Denzuin temple and payed our respects. It is a beautiful temple, very rich and recently renovated. Outside there were festival booths selling warm foods and drink. One sold a lucky opportunities to ring the giant bell. The bell started ringing at midnight, pulled 108…
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Year of the Sheep
Wishing you and yours a prosperous and enjoyable new year.
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25 Words
Our 25th anniversary. Eyes opened in Ireland and India to a new life together. More adventures, independence, inventiveness, alliances. Yes, yes! The ayes have it. Here are all the 25 word summaries since I started this annual project in 2001: 2013 Running away to the circus confused me. Spent ten months wondering “What next?” Tried…
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Explore 2015
Explore is my guide word for 2015 Choosing a word this year was tough. We are about to embark on some changes in our lives, and taking into account those plans & dreams, I ended up with over 50 candidate words. I want a word to inspire me, a theme that supports my life but…
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Christmas 2014
Another year, another Christmas. Tod treated me to a fancy lunch at JIMI in Ginza where we ate 50 different vegetables in 6 courses. Then we enjoyed shopping for art supplies at Itoya. The floor of colored pencils had us enraptured for about half and hour, but we didn’t buy any! We came home and…
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