Bamboo Blades Grass stronger than steel. Grows fast, cuts cloud, slices sun. Kung Fu Panda’s meal. Bamboo is not a tree species. It is grass. This seems illogical as we...
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Android Love Cuddle an android and you may end up making baby telenoid. The Japanese know the future is robots. You can meet androids in Tokyo, not on the streets (yet)...
During a month in Samoa we were fortunate to spend a week on a deserted beach. Well almost deserted. The illusion of an empty paradise was somewhat challenged by the guy...
Spirit of Obon Tonight you glow bright. Secure in our thoughts, you drift downstream, to your world. Across many parts of Japan for three days each year families come...
A dandelion clock catches my eye. I must have seen a thousand and noticed none. Until now. I stop. Look. Contemplate. How do they tell the time? Watching the dandelion...
Toytown Osaka Midnight riverscape. Flyover transformed into night sky scalextrics. We touchdown in Osaka for our first taste of Japan and drive right into the heart of...
The Joining In Dance This dance is only for dancing, not for watching. It’s how life should be? For 32 nights a year, the town of Gujo Hajiman in central Japan dances...
Beaumaris Castle on Anglesey has been called the perfect example of concentric castle planning. Built in the 13th and 14th century, the castle was unfinished for all...
Christmas is not what it used to be. As I was buying up a selection of Amazon and i-Tunes gift vouchers to give to family and friends, it struck me that these gifts...
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Kirstie Pelling
Kirstie is the creative force and chief poet in residence of poetinmotion.org She is available for residencies, as a conference poet and wedding poet. She is also co-founder of The Family Adventure Project and a regular contributor to many online travel communities.
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