... Whow, that is cold indeed! We have similar cold wave, mostly in Hokkaido, but here also was very cold. The 7 wonders of Lower Shrine of Great Shrines of...
Dear Gabi, apropos Black Sea: a recent photo from Constantza (city at the Black Sea in Romania) This is supposed to be the seafront promenade with the...
mindful eating - the Zen cook gets an extra bite Circumstances arose one day which delayed preparation of the dinner of a Soto Zen master, Fugai [I don't know...
mindful eating - the Zen cook gets an extra bite --Gabi Greve 'mindful eating' (headnote) "Don't chew with your mouth open!" "Don't talk with your mouth full!"...
We all eat, yet how much English-language haiku gets written about food and our relationship to it? Here are most of Basho's food-related haiku (not including...
aozashi ya kusa mochi no ho ni ide tsu ran green grain crackers the wheat ears come out of veggie cookies Tr. Reichhold hototogisu katsuo o some ni keri...
thanks a lot, Larry, I got some here and there in the washoku block some are here http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/04/basho-issa.html Keep collecting! Gabi...
... Thanks again, Larry, for compiling all this. I think "meshi kuu" was the normal way for a man do describe what he was doing, not especially negative or...
a cup of tea and a koan to go - my cold morning <http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dz7qhat9jTo/TzRpIa6wnyI/AAAAAAAAhRg/lCX_M4UH1AU/s1600/empty%2Bzen%2Bcup.JPG> Nan-in,...
city centre -- the smell of urine meets my nose <http://www.flickr.com/photos/prondis_in_kenya/4100935881/sizes/l/in/photostream/> Busy city centre, Nairobi ...
Darling stamp design! ... Darling stamp design! On Feb 9, 2012, at 9:52 PM, Greve Gabi wrote: a hungry worm finds a sweet bite - Okayama spring Find out what...
Chindonya - street musician hatsu tsubame kyoo no tame naru chindonya the first swallow - a Chindonya band just for today Haiku by Hoshino Tsubaki On the...
nattoo kiru oto shibashi mate hachi tataki wait awhile cut the soybeans to the sound of monks beating bowls Tr. Reichhold hold for a moment the sound of...
This is my liberal translation of the last haiku below, in my attempt to understand what Basho means: having at hand peach and cherry blossoms-- and mugwort...
(I'm going to pretend that today is Feb. 14) "It sifts from Leaden Sieves -" --Emily Dickinson snow sifting down from leaden skies--a good day for making...
minazuki ya tai wa are domo shio kujira in June having salted whale is better than sea bream Tr. Reichhold Sixth Month-- though there is sea bream this pickled...
Thank you , Larry! a lot to digest... http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/04/basho-issa.html Most of the food items are covered in separate entries of the...
ume wakana mariko no shuku no tororojiru [headnote] A parting present for Otokuni, who is leaving for Tokyo plums and young greens at the post town of Mariko ...
Matsuo Basho wrote otoroi ya ha ni kuiateshi nori no suna getting weak when a tooth bites down sand in seaweed Tr. Reichhold ebbing strength-- my teeth detect...
miya no i no yabusame ririshii Jinmu Tennoo ki the gallant figures at the Shrine Yabusame - Jinmu Memorial Day Yoshi Yoshi source : shashin-haiku.jp This...
Happy Valentine to all of you ! Valentine morning - a sweet Daruma peeks on my screen http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2006/10/valentines-day.html Gabi...
