Depth of Experience // Love Letter, September 2023
I found myself once again on a remote island of Japan. It’s rural there, and every day, I got this sense of being hugged by the mountains, rivers, ocean, and... Read More
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A beach that holds all of us. // Love Letter, August 2023
Greetings from the canyon, where the mid-summer heat of inland Southern California meets the ocean breeze. It's very hot here, especially since many old-built homes (like ours) in the area... Read More
Thoughts from our time in Iceland // Wakako
We are in a completely new season (heatwave in the coastal desert of Los Angeles), and the experience we shared in Iceland in early spring with icebergs and glaciers feels... Read More
"EMBARK" // Love Letter, July 2023
We are tidying up artwork on our dining room wall, and I slipped a piece of paper that was a part of the wall for this past year into my... Read More
Paths We Cross // Love Letter, June 2023
Greetings from the canyon where gloomy days and moist evenings and mornings continue. It is an exhilarating and sentimental season for Frido and I since June is a birthday month... Read More
Connecting with Roterfaden!
Frido and I made an overnight trip to Saabrucken, Germany, to spend time with Beate of Roterfaden, her family, & team. Though the world has become more convenient with all... Read More
Ichigo Ichie in Hamburg // Love Letter, May 2023
Greetings from our home in Hamburg, Germany. Wait, what? How could we have a home in Hamburg when we have a home in Topanga? Should I call it a partial... Read More
Keep Writing
It's interesting to see how we can go back and forth in time through our written records, much like a time-turning tunnel. As I wrote bits and pieces of thoughts... Read More
Spreading Seeds of Renewal // Love Letter, April 2023
Greetings from (finally) sunny California. We are “possibly” through with the heavy rainy season, and it feels so good to receive the sunshine on my face. A month or so... Read More