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Pebble on the Tongue: Always a Backstory

Apr 16, 2023
If traipsing teaches nothing more, it beckons the traveler to wait for a backstory (apologies, Derrida!) in every encounter or first impression. Consider a haiku by the Japanese master, ‘Issa’, d. 1828 after a life of misfortunes.  So hospitably waving at the entrance gate the willow tree. – trans. H. Henderson It paints a brush-and-ink […]

Pebble on the Tongue: Always a Backstory

April 16, 2023 2 Comments

If traipsing teaches nothing more, it beckons the traveler to wait for a backstory (apologies, Derrida!) in every encounter or first impression. Consider a haiku by the Japanese master, ‘Issa’, d. 1828 after a life of misfortunes.  So hospitably waving at the entrance gate the willow tree. – trans. H. Henderson It paints a brush-and-ink […]

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