Happy new year! I don’t quite know where 2016 went (maybe somewhere in a hand basket??) but all of a … More
Author: alison
dog
dog: a kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world’s worship. (Ambrose … More
pick one
“pick one, / let’s have it for dinner” (hitotsu moide gohan ni shyou) This etegami features a curvaceous butternut … More
you are buddhaful
This is a long-overdue post, drafted in winter about a winter fruit called the Buddha’s Hand citron. I was reminded … More
Arboreal animal
Woohoo, look what I found… a New Year’s card I forgot to post. This one I sent to my mom, … More
light as a gourd
just one possession, my world light as a gourd もの一つ / 我が世はかろき / 瓢かな I had a leftover gourd painting from … More
Sunset in LeDroit Park
Last month I took this photo, at 5:01pm, at the corner of 5th St and T St, NW, in my … More
Happy New Year of the Monkey, 2016
I’m a day late in posting these — both virtually, here on the the blog, as well as posting … More
be still
“Be still, and know that I am god.” Psalm 46:10 Etegami of a late-autumn sunflower, bowing down under the weight … More
Consider the lilies
“Consider the lilies” This etegami features a line that I thought originated from a couple of 19th-century poets I’m familiar … More