Scuffalong

Clear green water, tulip poplars, sepia photographs, Japan, creeks, metaphors, etymology, hand-lettered signs, holding things in my hands, old things, pocosins, passports, the sound of Portuguese, clean lines, muted colors, pomegranates, Mountain Dew in a can, Mount Olive-brand sour pickles, Havana, country roads, country wisdom, turns of phrase, hot sunshine, Sharpies and Uniballs, gods of the crossroads and protectors of travelers, small groupings of similar things, children on their birthdays, serendipity, ancestors, lists, Polaroid pictures, pedicures, back stories, Sapelo Island, soaking tubs, a hard massage, privet blooming at roadside, sliced ruby-red tomatoes sprinkled with salt, blackberries, wild cherries and hogplums, sensitive singer/songwriters, Orion and the Evening Star, Wikipedia, maps and atlases, nostalgia, New Orleans, slow winks, slow grins, scuppernongs, drawls, the long curve of an inner thigh, the warmth held in the hollow of a neck, a warm palm in the small of my back, the taste of salt on a collarbone, learning, grace.

Jun 4

Logo. Tokyo, May 31.

[A delivery company.]

With you. Tokyo, May 30.

Bowls. Yanaka, Tokyo, May 30.

[I’m a bowl fool. A ceramics fool, but especially a bowl fool.]

Door marker. Yanaka, Tokyo, May 30.

Utility. Ueno, Tokyo, May 30.

Kake-soba at the 24-hour joint. Asakusa, Tokyo, May 30.

Tokyo, May 30.

Door marker. Tokyo, May 30.

Door marker. Tokyo, May 29.

Buddhas. Asakusa, Tokyo, May 29.

Ginkgo. Tokyo, May 29.

Sake. Asakusa, Tokyo, May 29.

Utility. Tokyo, May 29.

Door. Tokyo, May 29.

Late night eats. Asakusa, Tokyo, May 28.

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