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~ last splash in the summer surf before school,

but we will be breathing in

the amazing sea air again soon... “My life is like a stroll on the beach...as near to the edge as I can go.”
...Thoreau

~ we've had a couple big guys'

skate board wipeouts

recently. maybe a trip on a

freebord - much like snowboard

maneuvering - would be

safer? maybe not.

here is a peek at

freedom on wheels...

freebording,

Freebord film produced for freebord

by Wil Tidman and Chip Rees.

Photographed by Stokes McIntyre,

Edited by Kyle Gray.

Freeborders ride the

steep streets of San Francisco.

~ a summer tradition is the Obon circuit. hot summer festivals of dancing, music, games, and good eats. Little Tokyo celebrated its 50th year of Obon dancing. through the years we have joined in for the traditional Odori dances. here is a little east-west fusion. these 2 are not only great Odori dancers; they really know how to rock Obon!

video by paulharuo. arigato!

~ everyone is back in school. a lot of new faces, routines, and adventures. as Dad believed, you never stop learning. it's not easy, & at times feels more like a sacrifice, but what a small price to pay to make your life better. give it your personal best. impress yourself. Gambare!

“Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.”
...Albert Schweitzer

I Believe In Fairies!

Silken Spells

by Josephine Wall
“Dance on to the moon, fly up to the sky."

The Fairies
by Rose Fyleman
There are fairies at the botton of our garden!
It’s not so very, very far away;
You pass the gardener’s shed and you just keep straight ahead –
I do so hope they’ve really come to stay.
There’s a little stream that quietly runs through;
You wouldn’t think they’d dare

to come merrymaking there –
Well, they do.
There are fairies at the bottom of our garden!
They often have a dance on summer nights;
The butterflies and bees make a lovely little breeze,
And the rabbits stand about and hold the lights.
Did you know that they could sit upon the moonbeams
And pick a little star to make a fan,
And dance away up there in the middle of the air?
Well, they can.

b.q.