Alexis and I are currently pet-sitting in the south of Spain. Watching him jump in the communal swimming pool made me want to write a haiku. As I’m learning and improving my Japanese, I thought it might be fun to try to write it in Japanese. Here is the haiku: プールの日 :アレクシジャンプ水しぶき Romaji pronunciation: Pūru…
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Slice of Life
Bluebells in Oxford, UKApril 2018 Hollyhock, Barbican, London, UKJuly 2020 I would wash myself in these pictures of plum trees and apple blossoms, sakura pink, bluebell, green, purple and smooth, all over again, until I’m drowning in petals like guests of Roman emperors, metaphorically – the idea behind art, no, the idea behind reality, without…
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