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everything i’ve written down

newest first. some of it’s important. most of it’s birds.

6 entries · 8 photos · since mar 2026

  1. october 2026

    1. proof i was there.

      18 oct 2026 · Minoh Falls, Osaka · 2 photos

      found a waterfall

      i found a trail. obviously i had to see where it went.

      • #waterfalls
      • #trails
      • #wet
    2. the shrine maiden. one photo, fee: one cracker.

      15 oct 2026 · Nara

      the deer bowed first

      a deer bowed at me, so i bowed back. then she tried to eat my map.

      • #critters
      • #deer
      • #japan
    3. the view from where you're not supposed to stand.

      11 oct 2026 · Shirakawa-go, Gifu

      under the bridge

      everyone else was on the bridge. i went under it.

      • #rivers
      • #japan
  2. july 2026

    1. find the heron. he's the one judging me.

      1 jul 2026 · Lake Bafa, Turkey

      breakfast, observed

      ate breakfast next to an old stone tower in a lake. about thirty birds watched me do it.

      • #critters
      • #birds
      • #ruins
  3. may 2026

    1. speed-walking away from a wave. i've never related to anything more.

      6 may 2026 · 2 photos

      birds with places to be

      spent the whole evening lying on wet sand at the tide line, watching birds be busy.

      • #critters
      • #birds
      • #beach
  4. march 2026

    1. this is him. no remorse whatsoever.

      12 mar 2026

      made a new friend

      made a new friend today. he bit me.

      • #critters
      • #birds

the start of the trail. well, where i started writing it down.