December 1, 2025, Monday morning … last night’s snow powder left by the season’s first snowfall … mystery creating mist …
First snow! I see it young every winter,
Yet my face grows old
As Winter comes.
~The Diary of Izumi Shikibu (1002-1003 AD)*
In sorrow I gaze upon the sky of Autumn
The clouds are in turmoil
And the wind is high. ~The Diary of Izumi Shikibu
First snow! I see it young every winter,
Yet my face grows old
As Winter comes. ~ The Diary of Izumi Shikibu*
*cited: Trans: Annie Shepley Omori & Kochi Doi Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan
a meditative journey 
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