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Member: ikahimeBooks201 books cataloged About meI've decided to finally come out of the closet in regards to my love of libraries. Yes, I am... a librarian! I have always had an interest in books and libraries since I was young that I tried to deny and hide from others, but I can't live with the guilt any longer. I love their smell, I love, feeling their paper, I love lapping the words up off the pages and then lolling about in an intellectual delerium. As a Book Conservator, I love rehabilitating neglected and abused books and making them bright and shiny (to use a lot of "ands"). I have started educating my friends and family about my librarianism, and so far it has been met with nothing but love and acceptance. I am happy to finally find a forum of others who have also accepted this radical lifestyle. About my libraryI've finally moved my library into their new beautiful home - my very own bookbinding workshop/reading hideout. I'm strong on non-fiction, especially as relates to arts & crafts, alternative architecture, alchemy/mysticism/atheism with smatterings of comics, beat poets and Japanese language study guides. Homepagehttp://www.thevespiary.com Also onMetaFilter Real nameAudra LocationMissoula, MT Favorite authorsNot set Account typeprivate, free Member sinceSep 19, 2005 |
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There is one little book on pots or rather potters in japan that you must see if you do not already have it: Shards, by Ann Holmes. It is all poetry of a simple type i usually hate but so love in this one book.
Whether or not you read japanese, you might enjoy my books though the only pots in it are the ones thrown off the mountains in Cherry Blossom Epiphany and the ones which together with octopus stand for women with a certain gift -- ah, and the bare ones, but i will not explain here -- in my latest book of the type of senryu none dared translate. As a visual? booklover you might enjoy seeing some of the things i do. A jpg of a page of front matter of the cherry blossom bk (with 3000 haiku in orig and translated) is clickable at amazon.
敬愚
Rise, Ye Sea Slugs!
posted by keigu at 2:03 pm (EST) on Oct 30, 2007
Will you please share a favorite as well as another Issa haiku;
perhaps that I could share, as I lead tours of Portland Japanese Garden.
xxxoyx,
H
posted by hadwalmer at 12:45 pm (EST) on Nov 17, 2006
all a labor of love. Have applied for work with the local school district.
Yeah Missoula, Sapporo Japan is Portland's 'sister city',
remember the 'hub' of the Garden =
Sapporo Pagoda
posted by hadwalmer at 2:22 pm (EST) on Nov 16, 2006
We have so much to talk about! I'd love to go to Tao Of Tea or Japanese Garden with you and chat. Did you ever see Portland's city block size Chinese Garden? - google it. They have a public Tea House.
Anyway, let's go ahead online - My bro' and sis' n'law live over in Washington, 'Onion Creek', near Colville, above Spokane (north not in the air:)
Randy and Hope - they built a strawbale home; two sons - one just went to Reed and then up to Classical Chinese Medecine School, acupuncture in Nelson, BC.
(my father went to Japan to learn acupuncture). So maybe I will find myself in Missoula someday for meeting there. Hear many positive things of your community.
Here, now you are in on some soon to-be-public news.
"Five Year Plan" for the Japanese Garden and something I have
been observing that is MISSING.
A Japanese Restaurant, Children's Japanese Garden, and waterfall in
the canyon above the 'Ancient Gate' - the first one you see walking up
if you don't take the Shuttle. All these things are in serous planning
stages. I overheard the CEO talking of this to a large group of donors.
The intention is to keep the garden authentic, no office or commercial space
inside the entry, yet these new things would really enhance the space.
Several similar groups in this area have libraries and I've even been asked
by one pdxdhamma.org to help compile their collection.
A possible group librarything, as you mentioned: several small libraries under one
Title:ZZZZZZZZZZXXXXXXXXXXYYYYYYYYY?
Portland Japanese Garden
Portland Friends Of The Dhamma http://www.pdxdhamma.org/
Great Vow Monastery
Barking Dog Library, Portland Insight Meditation Center
How is your consult/project going? Library is a penultimate commons,
shared resource and public conversation of possibilities, loves.
Over,
Had
posted by hadwalmer at 9:46 pm (EST) on Nov 13, 2006
The Librarything collection is my personal lib; the www.portlandinsight.org/library collection
is "The Barking Dog" that I've created at the dharma center. 1700+ items of Buddhist Spirituality. I open it Sunday evenings and Thursday
eves.
I was just up at the garden, special Bonsai exhibit - inside and outside.
So cool you went to Japan, I've never been there, my father went there in 1963 to study
acupuncture, he was an eclectic D.O. What did you love there?
Do you still have the broadside? what was on it?, love broadsides - I have a few that I'm planning to frame and hang in our Dharma Center/Library.
Do you meditate, practice buddhadharma? What's your email? ikahime??
where are you?(isn't LT great!)
peace, h
posted by hadwalmer at 6:15 pm (EST) on Nov 12, 2006
That is so cool. You can visit the library on Sunday or Thursday.
Take a look now at www.portlandinsight.org/library
We are a thriving meditation group and you can look over that web
site for further information. . . .,
the library pages are being editted now, should be updated
shortly.
If you ever come to Portland, OR please visit the Barking Dog Library,
and our Japanese Garden www.japanesegarden.com
I want to learn all I can from you about how to
do a library, maintain beautiful Beat books
(Gary Snyder used to live near here, Kai is all grown up
and livin' down in Corvallis)
Best to you and all,
Had
posted by hadwalmer at 3:01 pm (EST) on Nov 12, 2006