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Community & Correspondence ~ Beat Sushi for Dan in Mass
Taking a break from chainsaw noise cutting down bamboo, DaveO rambles on about the importance of community and correspondence (yes spelled incorrectly) – especially while in a rough patch with a chronic and complex illness #MECFS – and shares a remarkable package sent by Kerouac enthusiast Dan Bacon in Massachusetts including: scrapboook, artifacts, ephemera and memorabilia from Lowell, Jack Kerouac’s 100th birthday, and other events including the impending Town and the City music festival which inspires playing of lovely blue Tanya Donelly and Parkington Sisters vinyl record.
Also shows new-ish Cascadia passport and meanders about Gary Snyder in Japan years ago and his recent convos with poet Wang Pang ++ love of maps, letters, stories, and how we’re all part of the erstwhile Beat tradition if we are living intentionally, respecting others’ voices and creating goodness.
Happy to be your fan, fondly etc. from Giggling Piglet Studio in a historic Kura storehouse in Tsuchida, Okayama, Japan.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BJZWC6m3RQ
Also shows new-ish Cascadia passport and meanders about Gary Snyder in Japan years ago and his recent convos with poet Wang Pang ++ love of maps, letters, stories, and how we’re all part of the erstwhile Beat tradition if we are living intentionally, respecting others’ voices and creating goodness.
Happy to be your fan, fondly etc. from Giggling Piglet Studio in a historic Kura storehouse in Tsuchida, Okayama, Japan.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BJZWC6m3RQ
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* IMdb - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9839016/
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As you’ve gathered from our dispatch, we’re doing alright (although a lot of anxiety about the little human coming but…) I also have a lot of friends/comrades dealing with chronic and complex diseases and have been housebound for years and feeling a little bit blue about seeing so many suddenly dealing with a situation they’ve had to deal with for years and years so, please take a moment to reach out to any of your friends / relatives who need an extra hand at this time, or at least let them know you “get them” a little bit more now.
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