Summer is winding down. It will be Labor Day weekend in ten days. I’m recovering well from spinal fusion surgery, though I’m far from perfect, and need to walk with two REI hiking poles to keep my balance, but I’m managing between 5,000 and 7,000 steps at least four times a week. Yesterday, I almost reached 8,000! This is the summer of repair and recovery. This is good, because I’m planning to return to Oaxaca for Day of the Dead sometime in mid- to later October.
Consider joining us:
Day of the Dead Photograph Workshop in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca
Day of the Dead Tour with Hands-On Experiences — October 30
On September 6, I fly to Japan for a two-week immersion into folk art and textiles, joining friends in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Takayama. I’m meeting a sashiko embroiderer, taking a pottery tour with Robert Yellin in Kyoto, a textile tour, indigo dye workshop, and traditional Japanese pottery repair using gold and lacquer to fill in the broken seams called kintsugi — in the true nothing is perfect Wabi-Sabi tradition. My daughter-in-law is celebrating her 50th birthday in Tokyo, and I’ll meet up with her and my son for a celebratory dinner.
All this to say, that we are considering organizing a Japan Folk Art and Textile Tour for late October 2025, if all things align. Since Eric and I are not Japanese speakers, we are working with our friend Nancy Craft, a Conde-Nast Japan travel expert to help us with the logistics and a guide who will do translation.
If you are interested in receiving more information about a two-week (more or less) Japan experience, please send me an email. The tour cost will be in the range of $8,000-$10,000 (not including air travel, insurance, incidentals).
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