summer heat, rising–
in the vacant alleyway
dog days of summer
The word I chose, canicular (pertaining to dog days) submitted in response to Lost in Translation’s Thursday Special: Pick a Word
art
wyoming
The twilight bell
I waited for
is sounding–
if tomorrow is granted me,
I’ll listen for it again.
~Saigyõ (B Watson, Poems of a Mountain Home)
Wyoming… Nikon D750 f/4.5 1/4,000 85m 100 ISO
issa
mother and children
are separated…
hunted birds
~Issa (www.haikuguy.com)
Nikon D750 f/5.6 1/10s 35m 100 ISO
wyoming beef
Wyoming Beef… Nikon D750 f/4.5 1/4,000 85m 100 ISO
An English sub excerpt from the South Korean drama,
“Partners for Justice,” episode 11.
Stellar Hwag: “The meat here just got out of rigor mortis, so it’s super delicious.”
Cha Soo-Ho: “What? Rigor mortis?”
Stellar Hwag: “It’s too tough right after slaughter. But if it’s too ripe, it starts to decompose. Beef ribs are perfect when the temperature and time are right.”
…
Stellar Hwag: “Ripening and decomposition straddle a very thin line. Got it?”
… in recent years, …studies are confirming the health benefits of meat-free eating. Nowadays, plant-based eating is recognized as not only nutritionally sufficient but also as a way to reduce the risk for many chronic illnesses. According to the American Dietetic Association, “appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. cited: Harvard Health
Abe-no Kakamaro
When I look up at
The wide-stretched plain of heaven,
Is the moon the same
That rose on Mount Mikasa
In the land of Kasuga?
~Abe-no Nakamaro
Wyoming… Nikon D750 f/4.5 1/3,200 85m 100 ISO
thursday’s special: lost in detail
Even if it were not so,
Something unseen,
Suddenly
Starts me awake-struck by
The sound of a bell
~Goshūishū (cited: http://www.wakapoetry.net)
Nikon D750 f/5.6 1/4,000s 42m 100 ISO
Submitted in response to Lost in Translation’s photo challenge
wordless wednesday
a path
Simply with sorrow
And nothing
More in mind
Both left and right
Sleeves are soaked.
~Suma (cited:wakapoetry.net)
Nikon D750 f/5.6 1/4,000s 56mm ISO 100
ribbons & bubbles
Nikon D750 f/3.2 1/2,000s 50m 800 ISO
“Mind is a river of psychological phenomena that is always flowing. In this river, the arising, duration, and cessation of any phenomenon is always linked with the arising, duration, and cessation of all other phenomena. To know how to identify psychological phenomena as they arise and develop is an important part of meditation practice”
Excerpt From
Awakening of the Heart
Thích Nhất Hạnh
Saigyō
Replacing the rays
of late sun,
that streamed in the window,
shedding a different light
an early evening moon
~Saigyō (B Watson, Poems of a Mountain Home)
Richo GX100 f/4.1 1/200s 5.1mm ISO 80
reflection & i
growing side by side
spring rain
reflection & i
the dawn is here…
In the summer night
The evening still seems present,
But the dawn is here.
To what region of the clouds
Has the wandering moon come home?
~Kiyohara no Fukayabu
Meditative photography with an iPad, John F Simon’s “Drawing your own Path,” a pair of reading glasses, a fountain pen, and the dawn. Edited in Lightroom CC.
a meditative journey 
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