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Kazuko M.

@estherhawdon.bsky.social

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I teach English at University. I love reading books, listening to music and watching films. My favorite writers are Soseki Natsume, Charlotte Bronte, Kazuo Ishiguro, Wilkie Collins etc.

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Kazuko M. @estherhawdon.bsky.social · 1d

"moon-viewing --
after coming home
nothing to say" Chiyo-ni
(image: Shufu Miyamoto)

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Dave Borthwick @borthwickdave.bsky.social · 1d

& you find fullmoon eventually - cowl of cloud streaming off - slanting fast into dark

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farsouthproject @farsouthproject.bsky.social · 1d

Buona notte... sogni d'oro...

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Kazuko M. @estherhawdon.bsky.social · 2d

"In this dream world
we doze and talk of dreams -
dream, dream on,
as much as you wish" Ryokan

[image: Shoen Uemura]

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Emma Chaplin🏳️‍⚧️/🇵🇸Lewes Nibbler @emmachaplin.bsky.social · 2d

'Cake' by Wayne Thibaud

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Kazuko M. @estherhawdon.bsky.social · 2d

"The moon in the water;
Broken and broken again,
Still it is there" Choshu (trans. R.H.Blyth)

(moonlit night, Hasui Kawase)

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Laetitia • My Incredible France! 🇫🇷 by MSB.iO @myincrediblefrance.bsky.social · 3d

The trilogy ends here, for now; little flowers from a hidden France, blooming for young families, cultured hearts, and creative souls who take time to feel. 🌸✨

Welcome to France. Welcome home. 🇫🇷

📷 Vincent Sébart

Rustic countryside building in France, ideal for heritage preservation and green real estate.

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Laetitia • My Incredible France! 🇫🇷 by MSB.iO @myincrediblefrance.bsky.social · 3d

Somewhere in France 🇫🇷 ... Mist over water. Whispers over stone. France still dreaming ...✨

#France
#SlowLiving
#WanderQuietly

📷 Vincent Sébart

Picturesque village view in France, highlighting slow lifestyle and heritage property opportunities.

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Dave Borthwick @borthwickdave.bsky.social · 3d

& the river smells of the hills this early-autumn sunday time a shift is building this acorn mast year scattered where stormfloods flattened a bed dipper in shallow rapids ducks & dives with confidence

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Kazuko M. @estherhawdon.bsky.social · 4d

"hazy moon --
bumping into
a small pine" Chiyo-ni
(image: Kaii Higashiyama)

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Catherine Eaton @sparrowpost.bsky.social · 5d

It was hard to choose just one bag of apples but it came down to Crimson Crisp. And now I can't stop eating them.

Paper bags with bright handles full of red and yellow hued apples at the orchard shop

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Kazuko M. @estherhawdon.bsky.social · 5d

"among thousands
of singing insects, one
singing out of tune" Takajo Mitsuhashi

(image: Koson Ohara)

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Kazuko M. @estherhawdon.bsky.social · 8d

"This darkening autumn:
my neighbor,
how does he continue?"
Basho Matsuo (trans. Michael R. Burch)

(images: Koitsu Ishiwata)

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Emma Chaplin🏳️‍⚧️/🇵🇸Lewes Nibbler @emmachaplin.bsky.social · 9d

Mist over the downs

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Catherine Eaton @sparrowpost.bsky.social · 9d

A little honeybee hard at work among the purple-stemmed asters before the sun sets

A honey bee busily crawling through little purple flowers

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Kazuko M. @estherhawdon.bsky.social · 9d

"Autumn weighs upon me
but tomorrow will come
and I will miss tonight." Buson Yosa

(image: autumn evening, Shotei Takahashi )

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Angela Hirons @foxglove1977.bsky.social · 10d

Like a plastic tile mosaic at the centre. Lantana camara. #minutiae

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Kazuko M. @estherhawdon.bsky.social · 11d

"I'll write to you. A super-long letter, like in an old-fashioned novel." Haruki Murakami
(autumn evening, Yumeji)

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Kazuko M. @estherhawdon.bsky.social · 12d

"two young deer
side by side...
a duet" Issa Kobayashi
(image: Kanzan Shimomura)

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Kazuko M. @estherhawdon.bsky.social · 13d

"This autumn --
Why am I growing old?
bird disappearing among clouds."
― Basho Matsuo (tr. Robert Hass)
(images: Shiro Kasamatsu / Koson Ohara)

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Kazuko M. @estherhawdon.bsky.social · 15d

"The moon and sun are travelers through eternity.
Even the years wander on.
Whether drifting through life on a boat or climbing toward old age leading a horse,
each day is a journey, and journey itself is home."
― Basho Matsuo

[image: Koson Ohara]

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Kazuko M. @estherhawdon.bsky.social · 16d

"I keep on walking
and the red spider lily
keeps on blooming" Santoka
[red spider lily
is called "higanbana" in Japanese, which literally means flower of higan. higan"means the day of the autumn equinox.]
(image: Sekka Kamisaka)

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Laetitia • My Incredible France! 🇫🇷 by MSB.iO @myincrediblefrance.bsky.social · 17d

The week’s trilogy comes to an end 🌻 See you next Monday for another slice of France.

Too bad for the algorithms 😉

Slow down, breathe, and never stop dreaming…

#MyIncredibleFrance
#SlowLife
#DreamBig

📷 Hans

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Kazuko M. @estherhawdon.bsky.social · 17d

"Do not resist
The journey's flow
And you will find yourself at One
With the mysterious unity of the Universe..." Chuang Tzu
(image: Hasui Kawase)

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Kazuko M. @estherhawdon.bsky.social · 17d

I was also happy to find you here. Have a good week :) 😄