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Happy New Year again, dear friends! This is my first haiku and haiga of the year 2010, I'll keep them in a locked post for a while (before they are published). Please do not share them outside this page for the time being -- I'll let you know when it can be shared; and when I open this post for general public. The photo by Michael Downing from his ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas to all my friends who celebrate it! And happy holiday to all :)    --   Всех с наступающими праздниками!


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The selection of one "kanji" (Chinese character) that best represents the year has become an established tradition in Japan in recent years.This year, the character, "hen," whose meanings include "change" and "strange," was chosen from the numerous ideas that were submitted for consideration. Per tradition, Seihan Mori, chief priest at the Kiyomizu ( Read more... )

It's mid-autumn, my favorite time of the year. Thank you everyone who participated in the Japanese classic haiku exercise -- I am preparing the final analyses, it should be ready in a couple of days.Meanwhile, some news in this mood :)  New material is posted in James Hackett's web site : as you can see, it includes new reading of his poems (pay ( Read more... )

Today is a birthday of a very nice gentleman who happens to be a young father -- HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Sergey  
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I would like to show you at least some of the NY cards I received. So, here it goes... -- Вот хочу показать хотя бы часть новогодних открыток "ненгаджю", которые я получила. Сегодня первая часть...

1. My first video clip -- after several tries; turn your headphones on! :) -- После нескольких неудачных попыток, всё же вроде бы записала видео (2 мин ( Read more... )

Well, it seems that I haven't showed you mice since last year , he-he :))) These are some of them, on the cards I sent, and also in my Yessy gallery :

Что-то давно я мышей не показывала хе-хе, с прошлого года :))) Вот немножко ещё с открыток, которые я посылала; а также они есть в моей галерее на Yessy :

1. Happy together.   --  Счастливы вместе.


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New Year celebration continues, and for me it's enhanced by a friend's birthday  --  Anya   ( Read more... )

Well, most of the pre-New-Year-Eve preparations are done, and I can show you a little bit of the 'cards epopee' :) At first, I didn't realize I should take pictures, and only after sending a few dozen of cards, I finally started to record the process. First cards had two mice on them, but then I thought I might not have enough time, so I painted ( Read more... )