+ my pardons if i didn't answer your internets + Memo: i'm very tired, going to take a very long bath at medical hot spring ♨︎ – as such, disappearing for a while & not monitoring channels handy ways to keep in touch in vid below daveostory.com/audio-pods-s...

I know it's on another app/channel and *all we do is share things on other channels to make it more difficult* but gone live on FB to scribble new year cards to Canada + have ukulele and Chinese tea on standby, come hang out, no big deal / no sign in www.facebook.com/share/v/15hD...

Fond greetings from your fans in Tsuchida, Okayama, Japan We hope there are cards in your postbox, tasty vittles in your fridge, songs on the shortwave and leisurely walks through the neighborhood We love hearing from you and are always cheering for you <3 D + R & I = Olson ♨️

Ain't been around much, a lot happenin' + some big thinking about next year – *but* before gets too stale, here's possibly my greatest achievement in community sparking and renegade parenting with 土田's 1st ever Santa appearance (with my kid in on papa's shenanigans) + fave elf

New matching family coffee cups, made by a Master Potter in Kumamoto The smaller one more likely to be used for milk, possibly smoothies We might need more cupboard space {In-laws got a rectangular platter in the same iridescent cerulean blue}

really not very good so you probably shouldn't watch but trying anyway for a kohaku New Year's song party with friends dedicated to any who thought about going to sea = choose your bunkmate carefully "(I wanna get you on a) Slow Boat to China" #Ukulele youtu.be/GSedCxdgZzc?...

Millions of men, women and children all over the world are desperate for a treatment or cure for a disease that has robbed them of their lives. Please support the work of the Open Medicine Foundation (www.omf.ngo) as they search for the cause and a cure. #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #mecfs

Reminded myself for future blues, the last three-ish weeks were: Two jazz gigs Two tea ceremonies Two Santa Claus appearances Three hospital visits Two medical treatments 1 House guest Plus #ProjectCaboose construction & much arboristing, laundry & dishes, also ramen & pizza

Event went awesome! First ever neighborhood Christmas Santa Claus Funtime Was concerned no one would show up but all 40 gift bags were gone, kids arriving by bicycles or with parents, elder folk were a delight – lots of peace signs and banter, Nat King Cole, Diana Krall and Bing Crosby with vibes

Your second favorite strip-mall quality Santa Claus says "Merry Christmas, send coffee (seriously, please it's become expensive)" Just before heading out to entertain the neighborhood with a legit beard, a magic key and best intentions + #Ukulele youtu.be/CscJW5QWRO4?...

+ Show & Tell video storytime + Featuring a whole month of activity happening in one week, ergo: * Yuzu & persimmons * Santa and Jazz vibes * Hot springs ♨️& new year cards 📮 * Sortganizing magic potions – Chinese and otherwise – for #MECFS youtu.be/nyr0sZ-xXEg?...

NEW EPISODE! 🎙️ Just Japan Podcast - 230: The Shikoku 88 Temples Pilgrimage @ApplePodcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j... #adventure #Japan #podcast #folklore #travel #history

A lil clip of remarkable Ryoko singing "Fly me to the Moon" at last night's gig, singing 3 songs with TKOBB big band, at "Blue Blues" in #Okayama {Pardon dodgy camera work as was wrangling a *very excited* four year-old – hopefully better audio/video coming at some point} #jazz #FlyMeToTheMoon

Sunday mornin' spontaneous festive-ish video riff of gratitude & sundry musings... with a bombarding guest star "Mochi, Santa, big band and Ichiro attacks! (ps the christmas tree is wearing trousers)" youtu.be/j7u9AxggdVA?...

Two items at a coffee shop/barbershop in Okayama / Both capable of surprises

bits and pieces of this Europe 1992 hitchhike in this audio riff recorded on a forgotten forest walk – just not sure which parts of the story, anyway, it's free and it's definitely weird daveostory.com/audio-pods-s... #Podcast #Storytime #Europe #Hitchhike

Oh my gosh, sometimes just guess i've written a diary about an incident but haven't yet in this case, *I have* and there's even a fuzzy snapshot of this rig VW that nearly killed me a few times daveostory.com/daveo-dispat...

Oh hi, a video storytime with some meanderings about: recent life happenings, seasonal conundrums, sociability tactics, personal confessions, and occasional poetics #JapanLife "Compliments, Making Pals & Ambiguity – Cottage Musings (with uke!)" youtu.be/V0sZirf9WDs?...

If you have little time for a "visit" from me today, here's a video made between two totem poles outside of the YMCA preschool activity last weekend (yes, every weekend there is something going on!) Chatting about various topics and thoughts with a little bit of ukulele youtu.be/hqfxnHtHH5U?...

Spectacularly proud of my remarkable wife Ryoko for holding a "casual" tea ceremony at historic garden Korakuen in #Okayama as a tribute to her 93-year-old sensei // about 50 guests, both invited & impromptu enjoyed tea + wagashi // a stunning amount of preparation – every detail has a backstory

Trying not to feel intimidated looking at the calendar the next couple of weeks because the last couple weeks has been also jampacked with preschool activities, tea ceremonies, wife's singing concerts, hospital visits, various holiday(s) tasks, ...

Oh, and I made a spoken word soliloquy/song about faxes and the need to click buttons to share our affection for one another Features a velveteen robe, stolen pajamas and mediocre baritone ukulele playing, but you should really watch :) because probably really like you youtube.com/watch?v=2mBp...

Well I've joined the 1980s I have my own actual Japan phone number (not VoIP or other scheme) I've got a cassette Walkman Also, new cassettes coming from Subpop BRB gonna go make some "friendship cards" with the new digits Fax me indeed Also send me your mixtapes for festive gifts

Send me mixed tapes for Christmas or whatever holiday you want – cassettes Like even ones you made in the 80s or 90s or you have stuck in a shoebox Address at my website

Note: I'm trying to give "all of these channels all of the respect deserved" but the reality is: the channels *don't reserve any respect* / however you dear pal deserve all of the respect, as such: "I'm making many substantial long miced media stories from my wee heart & sharing in archival manner"

Photos/shout outs @raulpachecovega.bsky.social who helped shaped Vancouver blogging 😀 @daveo.bsky.social and @canuckshockey.bsky.social my podcasting brothers in arms, @johnbiehler.bsky.social my brother from another mother, and @johnbollwitt.bsky.social my entire heart.

“Between two totem poles” – postal limbo, community investment and revolutions from bed Amidst autumnal mountain splendor, I riff about a load of topics from bad tourists to good community members, strikes, bookshops, shortbread, the town of Blaine, WA w/ #ukulele daveostory.com/film-vids-do...

Field Notes: Tepemok Record Fair in Ushimado An event from over a year ago, rounded up with snapshots of a fantastic converted arts space, loads of records and affable music guru gent Peter Barakan on hand + piglets! & so many well-curated #vinyl #records daveostory.com/misc-tidbits...

Digging into so many diaries, journals, notebooks, scrapbooks and what have you to find messages to a future self from various incarnations of someone who might be me #Writing #Poetry #Journals #Diary #Scrapbooks #Circumnavigation

Stitched on a couple more patches on a herringbone denim work shirt and a sturdy khaki task jacket Featuring #Cascadia mysterious "leader" Sasquatch, and a mushroom declaring "nature is magic" because of course Do you enjoy stitching on patches or other easy mending projects?

Ukulele storytime video: Places in Japan beyond *those 3+ places* which are eagerly await travelers Wasteland of Internet diaspora requiring us to *again* click buttons to express affection Plus fax machines, postcards, telegrams & not being strangers youtu.be/2mBpN_RFfQ8?...

Ahhh just fax me instead // put your schemes on a scroll, send it long and slow… as im disenchanted and uninclined about clicking on the buttons just prove *i like you* (cause definitely probably certainly likely do) postcards and telegrams (delivered by a chap in a cap, not the app) also accepted

When busted my foot missing a stairs landing in August, I'd shifted weight from left foot (which broke) to right leg which smashed on edge of the landing giving a real nice gouge *and* ripped trousers Last night, repaired the rip with this patch – like fabric kintsugi

Postboxes : Bikan district, Kurashiki, Okayama (for #postboxsaturday) Not *just* postbox but a post office and a sparkly walk-through the Edo-period canals and laneways of stunning Kurashiki Okayama Japan daveostory.com/paint-collag...

“Long Hair Club” and other Utah Valley Tech/Community College incidents daveostory.com/daveo-dispat...

Artifacts (youngtime): Cub and Beaver Scouting – with Mom and Brothers {*Vintage* snapshots, stellar anecdotes, and so many memories with my dear mom and eclectic brothers from the 70s – 80s} at my creative life archive: daveostory.com/daveo-dispat...

“Long Hair Club” and other Utah Valley Tech/Community College incidents new mixed media diary flashback at my creative life archive – make sure to read the "letters to the editor" totally worth it #Cringe Some very specific Utah vibes + Hot Springs & Hare Krishnas daveostory.com/daveo-dispat...

you're all saying many awsum things and sharing interesting stuff & i can't possibly stay up // my brain is overclocked, un-nimble & roasted (not in *that* way) plus busy with laundry & dishes // just want to say you're doing a great job and "I'm super proud of you" free hugs

Things to do today: Wash dishes, fold laundry, make rice and tea Finish up and publish three or four posts at my creative life archive Look at George Cox "creeper" shoes that I can't afford but really want anyway (despite rarely leaving the house)

Jason welcomes Vancouver's Poet Laureate for a ramble about concrete corpses in the living room, goth trenchcoats, werewolves draped in mourning, having some feelings & a trombone, reading to dogs, & the real answer to the question "How do I get published?" wrtes.buzzsprout.com

Anyhow, I'm friendly and always reply even if it takes me a few days/weeks/years #AlwaysBeArchiving Oh yeah, I've been making some fun #ukulele videos, posting on YT youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Just populating this channel with some shiny items and fun bits and pieces to try to spark a little bit of conversation, maybe even community, or just have some fun I don't really know what I'm doing, i'm better at scrapbook and postcards

i wonder if you made it to my 42nd birthday party? Or did you make it to any of these concerts? Some good times there in Lynn Valley, another life and such as

i like writing in cafe and taking snaps of bevvies (was all a different life, wonder if you remember?)

1 beloved 1974 VW "turtle top" bus, across decades and incarnations from custom roadtripper, to Granny's backyard, to a ski cabin, now a psychedelic sauna

upon ocean liner stationery, most all of the wisdom i possess about fostering creativity, community building, sparking goodness, and making self actualization happen questions accepted, within reason

sometimes you find yourself in places you forgot, vol. x north rim of Grand Canyon after walking down down down > hot hot hot > up up up (with burron poop) and up some more no "technical outdoor gear" but solid hair and bandanas

sometimes you find yourself in places you forgot, vol. x VW bus camping in desert outside of Vegas after Grateful Dead show with my best pals from BC, so many miles {still have the Drivin and Cryin shirt with Neal Cassady and Jack Kerouac, but lost the jester hat)

I'm so confused

Oh I made a song ~~ "My Pardons (if if I didn't answer your Internets)" You probably said and/or shared spectacular, I'm just having a hard time with the buttons so relying on ukulele and postcards instead youtu.be/vOKdb7ZIaa0?...