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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

getting my new conceptual art installation ready for exhibition on the art islands #Setouchi #JapanArt

DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

while it seems like the letter & field notes traveled only from Okayama to your home up coast, truth is everything from letterhead to typewriter to ink stamps and manifest all have stories within each hiccuping galloping fragment. Now you are a part of the story (again) is there a favourite riff?

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

some printer proofs from "Dave O dispatch volume three" a double sided barn-door trifold featuring a *possibly undelivered/refused* love letter aerogramme from Nepal, August 1, 1973 + with a still life from a desk at the (possibly real) "holy donkeys" Annapurna guesthouse with poetry and flowers

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

so sweet of you JJ, truly appreciate it. also meant to thank you gratefully for taking the time to watch video from the talk "this ain't my first apocalypse" in #Vancouver. There was a handout distributed to the audience (typewritten of course ;)) will set one aside for you

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

todays riding bus to hospital outfit / mostly burnt orange with tan & shades of link/beige/yellow rolling back seat #peace

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

not only related to above / a friendly hello and thank you from a provincial corner of Japan for your thoughtful, prolific and enjoyable coverage of season number 56 (depending on how you count 'em with the missing one and whatnot) {photo from Olympia WA for decoration, not current}

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

back on the bus, to hospital (outfit = greens) watching rice fields turn into pre-fab houses towers go up & fave noodle shop across street closes always seeking community hubs & human hangs (beyond postoffices) lucky charms to. e good 'citizen'

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

these charming little "on the road" and "Dharma bums" olden pins, along with some stickers for "lowell celebrates Kerouac" arrived by post (amongst other items) A wider view reveals an in situ still life of the caboose desk

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

just do this to try to maintain friendships, pick people up when they're feeling low, share bits of my heart in papercraft form also, I'm creating a multi decade global disintermediated diary one day you'll all meet and connect the pieces

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

making postcards, cards, letters, lists… I mean I always do these sorts of things but I'm really trying to break out of these blues by staying in touch with lovely folks. Deleting various apps, staying off the news, medications and tiny tasks I'll keep trying to get one to you, or two

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

you know I'm a sucker for a well-made handmade label. Sign me up (and send my compliments) PS here are some of my simple "cheap and cheerful" archival items stuck to the fridge cause I just can't toss out. become a diary of a sort Some are from labeling coffee flasks for my preschool parents stand

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

and while I investigated the storehouse exhibits, I resisted the temptation to take any items along with me ha ha ha. So much awesome

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Unrelated sidenote, the underappreciated second coming of mcbarge has been with us all along, New West's "inn on the quay" looks like Mcbarge on stilts. Now with boardwalks, and access across the train tracks. Go soon to watch the Pattulo Bridge be dismantled (& giant tin soldier)

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

testimonial: book essential gear, especially enthusiastic about Barnston Island and Redwood Park ps Fort Langley, like the old Fort park, is free this year or was this summer at anyway (I got to cosplay with a beaver hat) #SlowFraser

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

reactions to my talk included: "you look so relaxed and comfortable on stage" "yeah watched some of it…" "started it but fell asleep lol" "a near perfect talk" "felt like I was inside your brain" "I've studied the handout for days and keep it with me" how about you?

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

still trying to gain my footing after the #SlowFraser trip, have moved to soup yesterday spending time with administrative scrivener and using my paperwork skills for "reasons" today printed the heck out of some fresh postcards to try to recalibrate my head & vibes thank you for kindnesses

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I like a tidy lil home cause I'm the Marie Kondo of Japan and also like to document, savour and respect all the items which came back from the trip. So started with a subset of tasty bits to stash in the pantry I wrote a long blurb about all but doesn't fit here

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

another one of the great Heritage crafts in dear Okayama I almost bought some scissors from the Osafune sword museum because one can never have too many scissors, right ha ha?

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I love questions about these kinds of projects. Creativity is holy, along with loving my family and being kind in daily interactions, making stories in any form is what feeds the soul and I'm convinced is my best purpose for humanity on whole

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

anything I can do to bring sparks of goodness to your life? And where did you see the dolphin? We'd hope to see a pod of orca while in Vancouver but ate some great salmon instead ;) plus couple concerts, lots of swimming, pig races, baseball and loading up on great coffee beans

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

hello people of Bluesky, I don't hang out here much but stuck in bed in a extended MECFS + GI crash and just looking to say: "Who are you? What you up to? Are you kind and friendly and not yammering on about celebrity pablum one and the end of the world etc.?" I'm friendly but slow #peace

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

back to *usual* routine in Okayama although returned to Japan several days ago back on Uno bus from hospital (injected & inspected), @emmaswiftsings in ears, warm milky from vending machine + free tissues from taxi driver down 5 kg since last here (unintended, don't do!) rain drizzles - fondly

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Big thanks from this base runner and his mysterious sidekick

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

#JusticiaParaRaúl (us together at penmachine's 41st(?) birthday party, maybe 2009, Burnaby), Canada

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

PS the first photo (searching Flickr as one does) which appeared features me with two sparkling stars, Raul and Derek K. Miller @penmachine / gosh, such times #Peace to their memories along with Darren Barefoot, Philip Jefferies and so many more

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

"Effervesence" for @raulpachecovega.bsky.social {started as a poem, turned into a prose of memories, complete with illegibility, misspellings, and smudges for my favourite fountain pen with no shortage of heart and honesty, please regard my humble offering, such as it is}

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

so, not much popping in here is there? wanna watch my video about recent music and poetry projects? only 3 minutes heck you can even buy something handmade with affection and intention

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

and, I'm not sure what doing with social Internets these days ~ mental health a wee bit fragile yet my analog skillz *very strong* conundrum is: must share on digital to shill analog items (yes trying to sell things because need $€£¥) Importantly: should I follow you? let's fun times only

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

oh also couple of poems published in anthology which, along with the aforementioned "thinking about not thinking, yet so much *life*" EP with @winterkeep-band.bsky.social and current "advocate: vanish now and again" mixed media chapbook/zine are available for purchase in various ways

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Many of these outings and experiences were purely run on adrenaline and affection and turned into videos (often with dodgy ukulele + digressions), podcasts (delightful long form with no ads or celebrity namechecks), poems (various sizes), & only disappointing one child as Santa Questions accepted

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

a year since was here, recap: Week at snowy medical radon hot spring 9 prefecture Japan roadtrip Led scrapbook making workshop 3 Santa gigs & 2 modeling gigs Few poetry chapbooks 400 new year cards & 200+ postcards / dossiers by post 56 medical visits in 2025 Many preschool events etc

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

thanks for Fritz, I deal with a chronic and complex illness called #MECFS there's no real "cure cure" but I'm doing a load of different treatments to refine body in many ways to help ease into some kind of remission. Better than I was five years or 13 years ago but each day is tough. Thank you again

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I haven't been here because just too many places to be & I like to be in papers and post offices yet I'm often in hospitals and preschools What would you like me to share? I have a new 4-song EP & archival printed poetry chapbook + fresh postcards & scrapbooks evidence follows Curious?

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

A few other artifacts from that interesting time

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Plus a couple pages of other museums or mantras or annotations or just items ~~ fresh from the waiting room before a comically large syringe a bit charmingly coloured pink cocktail

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

i've done it, back home from the hospital today + yesterday and just needed somewhere else to hang out – everywhere is a bit meh for various reasons – and here I am… And you wonderful folk are thinking about me, really means so much (evidence is really me)

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Fond greetings from your fans in Tsuchida, Okayama, Japan We hope there are cards in your postbox, tasty vittles in your fridge, songs on the shortwave and leisurely walks through the neighborhood We love hearing from you and are always cheering for you <3 D + R & I = Olson ♨️

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Ain't been around much, a lot happenin' + some big thinking about next year – *but* before gets too stale, here's possibly my greatest achievement in community sparking and renegade parenting with 土田's 1st ever Santa appearance (with my kid in on papa's shenanigans) + fave elf

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

New matching family coffee cups, made by a Master Potter in Kumamoto The smaller one more likely to be used for milk, possibly smoothies We might need more cupboard space {In-laws got a rectangular platter in the same iridescent cerulean blue}

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Event went awesome! First ever neighborhood Christmas Santa Claus Funtime Was concerned no one would show up but all 40 gift bags were gone, kids arriving by bicycles or with parents, elder folk were a delight – lots of peace signs and banter, Nat King Cole, Diana Krall and Bing Crosby with vibes

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Oh my gosh, I have that painting in the barn and sat right there behind the sign… And of course took a photo and made a postcard and then and then...

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

A lil clip of remarkable Ryoko singing "Fly me to the Moon" at last night's gig, singing 3 songs with TKOBB big band, at "Blue Blues" in #Okayama {Pardon dodgy camera work as was wrangling a *very excited* four year-old – hopefully better audio/video coming at some point} #jazz #FlyMeToTheMoon

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Two items at a coffee shop/barbershop in Okayama / Both capable of surprises

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Spectacularly proud of my remarkable wife Ryoko for holding a "casual" tea ceremony at historic garden Korakuen in #Okayama as a tribute to her 93-year-old sensei // about 50 guests, both invited & impromptu enjoyed tea + wagashi // a stunning amount of preparation – every detail has a backstory

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Well I've joined the 1980s I have my own actual Japan phone number (not VoIP or other scheme) I've got a cassette Walkman Also, new cassettes coming from Subpop BRB gonna go make some "friendship cards" with the new digits Fax me indeed Also send me your mixtapes for festive gifts

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Note: I'm trying to give "all of these channels all of the respect deserved" but the reality is: the channels *don't reserve any respect* / however you dear pal deserve all of the respect, as such: "I'm making many substantial long miced media stories from my wee heart & sharing in archival manner"

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

[Brief remix'd version] legit started tearing up {more words go here} beyond all the forest walks & defining the space of what it means to be a social documentarian – I'm so proud of you & so proud to be your friend // hooray for personal archaeology! Tip of my hat to ya dear Queen

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Digging into so many diaries, journals, notebooks, scrapbooks and what have you to find messages to a future self from various incarnations of someone who might be me #Writing #Poetry #Journals #Diary #Scrapbooks #Circumnavigation

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Stitched on a couple more patches on a herringbone denim work shirt and a sturdy khaki task jacket Featuring #Cascadia mysterious "leader" Sasquatch, and a mushroom declaring "nature is magic" because of course Do you enjoy stitching on patches or other easy mending projects?

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DaveO @daveo.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Ahhh just fax me instead // put your schemes on a scroll, send it long and slow… as im disenchanted and uninclined about clicking on the buttons just prove *i like you* (cause definitely probably certainly likely do) postcards and telegrams (delivered by a chap in a cap, not the app) also accepted

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