Entering winter-bare brush, cold air tightens the skin and body and sharpens awareness in a pleasant way. Frost spread across the grass crunches in rhythm with each step, while an occasional breaking [...] Read more

Walking the back streets, one sees traces of the city as it first developed, old appearances preserved as though resisting the passage of time. The clean, colorful beauty of the present is absent, [...] Read more

When walking fields and mountains, I slip a six-ounce hip flask into my pocket. I am nearly a nondrinker and cannot consume much, but love alcohol generally, especially the experience of whiskey. [...] Read more

Eggs, eggs, eggs... A friend's brother keeps chickens, and now and then some of their eggs come our way. Unlike the uniform colors sold in shops, they are beautiful to look at. One can enjoy [...] Read more

A dictionary defines jōkei, a scene charged with feeling, as “a landscape or situation that awakens emotion in the human heart.” In snapshot photography, precisely such a scene makes us point [...] Read more

When lively music began in a restaurant, an older man and woman started dancing. They looked genuinely happy, as though remembering their first dates. Both opened their hearts and returned to their [...] Read more

I encountered a wild fawn in the woods. Two deer, apparently its mother and older brother, followed. The little one was unafraid and came close, studying me with interest. Being regarded so warmly [...] Read more

I walked an old residential neighborhood in downtown Seattle. Rows of wooden and brick houses carried the atmosphere of earlier times. Perhaps because thin cloud partially covered the sky, gentle [...] Read more

Autumn's arrival. Thinking that another year has circled around is my custom at this season. The sky is blue and immense, and clouds fly ever higher. Watching them always recalls childhood sports [...] Read more

Dazzling, sparkling spring has returned to the city. Light crosses as though sunlit buds were making a joyful uproar, brightly illuminating Plane Tree Avenue. [...] Read more