2023

[matsushima]

So much happened for me in 2023. In January, I graduated with an MFA Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University and I applied for a job in Tokyo. In February (on my birthday), I found out that I got the librarian job in Tokyo. In June, I moved all of my stuff from Maryland to my mom's house in Massachusetts. In August, I moved some of my stuff (two suitcases' worth) back to Tokyo; I lived here for ~8 years in my 20s.
I had a hard time narrowing down my photos. I picked these three but if I had sat down to do this tomorrow, or yesterday, I might've picked something different. e.g., I don't have any doll photos here, which is kind of weird, because I got really into dolls (again) this year.

( 2023 in three photos )

This isn't the best photo I've taken or the most famous or beautiful shrine I've visited but when I saw my bike parked in front of the torii, I thought, I'm really home. I lived in Japan 2009-2010 and 2011-2018, and then I was back in the U.S. from 2019-2023. I used to love biking around, looking for shrines. I missed it so much while I was away. I love my mamachari bike and my dusty local shrines. I'm so happy to be back here. 2023 was a year of many good things but being back in Tokyo was the best thing.

2023

[spiffikins]

This is my first year participating - last year I found the community well into the year, so I joined, and utterly forgot about it until matsushima's amazing post showed up on my feed! Congrats, btw - that is such an amazing set of accomplishments!

My three photos are not particularly exciting photos - but I think they sum up things pretty well:


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Three for the Memories ... 2023

[dreamaastrid]

I participated last year and loved seeing everyone's "Three for the Memories" of the prior year.

But it seems so much harder to only choose 3 photos this year because so much has happened in 2023.

So I decided on a theme and my photo theme is "HAPPY"

The first photo is of my Father-In-Law that passed away Dec 22nd 2023. This photo was displayed at his Memorial Service last Saturday. He was a man that loved fly fishing and was truly happy when he was fishing:


Gary L. Williams (1947-2023)

( Photos of Happy )