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Just posted: my review of Sato’s “Sword and the Mind,” a translation of three 17th-century Japanese treatises in one volume. I was impressed when I first read this in 2002– less so, now. Read on: https://www.patreon.com/posts/book-review-and-79343350
From my reparenting series “Living Ghosts.” In which a trans lesbian combat doll named River, reunited with and reparenting her younger self now named Emi, finds a picture of one of their old pairs of sandals, and contemplates how heavy the empty space within has been.
A Story:
They were simple enough: a pair of well-worn sandals, probably hot in the Mediterranean sun where they’d been posed on the balcony tile. There were many other images in the set of photos that mother and daughter were reviewing together, taken decades ago by family, back in the day when Emi should have been seen by them. Many were taken while she was still with them, but this latest folder began the week after she’d left home, flown the nest for college.
It’s here at last, Cleyera #10! In which we discuss Setsubun, setting the tone for a new season, and what this all has to do with what’s effectively a sushi burrito.
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