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Hi All,
we have just finished lunch and my husband (the cook) had a great idea
we will eat curry on February 23 to 25 for lunch each day as a tribute
to not being able to join the real festival in India.
Join us, all of you who can not go to India !
I envy all who can join in person !
You see, now we are very close to you all in our hearts (and stomachs) ... grin
curry days <>
the faint smell of
haiku
GABI
http://worldhaikufestival2008.blogspot.com/
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. . . . . from WHC workshop
Big smile as I read this, Gabi ... it's close to lunch here. But should this not read:
haiku days -
the faint smell
of curry
:>) Ella
It should read both ways at once, but we do what we can.
Best, Bill K
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2/24/2008
2/23/2008
Bertrand Russel
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The secret to happiness is this:
Let your interest be as wide as possible,
and let your reactions to the things
and persons that interest you
be as far as possible friendly
rather than hostile.
Bertrand Russell
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The secret to happiness is this:
Let your interest be as wide as possible,
and let your reactions to the things
and persons that interest you
be as far as possible friendly
rather than hostile.
Bertrand Russell
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2/21/2008
bamboo exploding
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spring preparations -
the sound of bamboo
exploding
The farmers are beginning to clear the bamboo that has grown since last year. They cut it down, make small piles of it in the fields and burn it.
The sound of this poor bamboo cracking and popping --- pang panggg --- sounds like a constant firework explosion through my whole valley.
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MORE
Bamboo as a kigo, Bamboo art in Asia ...
Bamboo in my Valley
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
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spring preparations -
the sound of bamboo
exploding
The farmers are beginning to clear the bamboo that has grown since last year. They cut it down, make small piles of it in the fields and burn it.
The sound of this poor bamboo cracking and popping --- pang panggg --- sounds like a constant firework explosion through my whole valley.
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MORE
Bamboo as a kigo, Bamboo art in Asia ...
Bamboo in my Valley
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
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COUNTDOWN finale
 countdown - still counting the icicles on my roof ! ! Final call till Feb. 22 ! ! Join the Countdown ! February 23 to 25, 2008 Bangalore, India World Haiku Festival - India 2008 |
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2/20/2008
secrets
| cats in love - this untold story of you and me cats in love - this untold story of U and MEE |
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. Cats in love, a KIGO
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2/19/2008
walk toward sunshine
 cats in love - his fast retreat toward the sunshine  |
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. . . LOOK at my photo album from this monday morning
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2/18/2008
short lifespan
 morning meditation - the short lifespan of snow patterns  |
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This morning meditation is a kind of Quigong, standing position 站椿功 , for about 10 minutes, during which time the snow was all gone.
For those who might need a more concrete imagery in the last two lines ...
snow patterns -
my cat passes
without a glance
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countdown India
| countdown - all I count is five seven five ! Join the Countdown ! World Haiku Festival - India 2008 |
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2/17/2008
strong storm
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strong storm -
a bird whirls by
amongst the snowflakes
it was so small and seemed to have completely lost control over its navigation system ...
Japan still in the grips of an arctic cold spell of considerable lenght !
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. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
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strong storm -
a bird whirls by
amongst the snowflakes
it was so small and seemed to have completely lost control over its navigation system ...
Japan still in the grips of an arctic cold spell of considerable lenght !
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stone Buddha
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Stone steles in a temple in Kamakura
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windows
| temple windows -   |
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More PHOTOS of my Japan !
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you are a marvel
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Each second we live is a new
and unique moment of the universe,
a moment that will never be again . . .
And what do we teach our children?
We teach them that two and two make four, and
that Paris is the capital of France.
When will we also teach them what they are?
We should say to each of them:
Do you know what you are?
You are a marvel. You are unique.
In all the years that have passed,
there has never been another child like you.
Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers,
the way you move.
You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo,
a Beethoven.
You have the capacity for anything.
Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up,
can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel?
You must work - we must all work -
to make the world worthy of its children.
Pablo Casals
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We need the capacity for haiku !
. . . Read my QUOTES with HAIKU
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
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Each second we live is a new
and unique moment of the universe,
a moment that will never be again . . .
And what do we teach our children?
We teach them that two and two make four, and
that Paris is the capital of France.
When will we also teach them what they are?
We should say to each of them:
Do you know what you are?
You are a marvel. You are unique.
In all the years that have passed,
there has never been another child like you.
Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers,
the way you move.
You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo,
a Beethoven.
You have the capacity for anything.
Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up,
can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel?
You must work - we must all work -
to make the world worthy of its children.
Pablo Casals
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We need the capacity for haiku !
. . . Read my QUOTES with HAIKU
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
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pink snow
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light snow -
pink sunshine
on the pines
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More of it is here:
Snow in Ohaga
My Weekly Weatherforecast
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light snow -
pink sunshine
on the pines
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More of it is here:
Snow in Ohaga
My Weekly Weatherforecast
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2/16/2008
wallking with ISSA
| 冬長く 一茶と友に 道を行く this long winter - walking the road with Issa  |
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I have been studying a lot lately about
Issa in Shikoku !
Issa and the Three Venerable Treasures, sanson 三尊 of the Haiku World
Temple Saimyo-Ji (Saimyooji) and Issa 最明寺
Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶)
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2/14/2008
wednesday snow
| My Badger Tanuki with a scarf hookaburi 頬被り, like a Japanese thief   black bird on a winter branch  a moment of sunshine  camellia flowers in snow   wednesday morning - more snow and more happiness |
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The Cold Wave continues ...
The wind is biting cold this morning, the moment of sunshine just enough to give some the background to the photos. Fingers freezing on the camera ! Then back to gray in gray, buzzing wind and blizzard-like snowflakes whirling around the valley.
. . . Arctic Touch, beginning on Tuesday ...
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