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Zen Buddhist, Artist, Musician, Cyclist, Sumo fan… Student of Japanese poetry (primarily Asuka through Edo periods)…
In our kitchen: Konro grilled miso salt cured cod served over Japanese sweet potatoes, rehydrated shiitake mushrooms, pickled gai lan stems and gai lan leaves simmered in a vegetable and shiitake mushroom stock. And an old fashioned made with Iwai whiskey, sake, fig syrup and ume bitters.
July 30, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Ozzy and Randy… Best friends reunited…
July 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
明治中郷水上馬紀州開ヶ京真会修平家藤原安政げっかろうきず

Meiji jugo mizunoe-uma kishu kaiga kyoshinkai shuppinga Fujiwara no Yasumasa gekka roteki zu

Fujiwara Yasumasa Plays the Flute by Moonlight

- Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1883
(triptych 37.2 by 72.5 cm)
June 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If you haven’t already read this classic… Give it read… During these uncertain times it can offer some peaceful perspective…
#Siddhartha #Read
April 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Come view my Solo Exhibit at The Merc…

*The opening reception is part of the Temecula Art Walk… Artist exhibitions, activities, refreshments, and live entertainment. More information available here: temeculaca.gov/1227/Galleri...

My webpage can be found here:
www.gregorygallardo.com
March 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Oaxacaroni cocktail: El Tesoro Mundial Collection Añejo Tequila (aged for 12 months in Laphroaig 10 year old scotch whisky casks)… Japanese sweet Bermuto and Campari…

Spinning Gary Clark Jr. “This Land”…

#Tequila #Laphroaig #Cocktail #Vinyl #GaryClarkJr
March 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The afternoon office. I actually have a real working fireplace, but I’m too lazy to light it up…
March 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Battle at Rokuhara, from The Tale of the Heiji Rebellion
#Japan, 14th century… 1 of 14 handscrolls illustrating the epic narrative “The Tale of the Heiji Rebellion”, portraying the 1159 conflict between the Minamoto and Taira military clans, which led to the collapse of the aristocratic courtier.
March 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
March 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The afternoon spin…
#Decemberists #TheCraneWife #Vinyl
March 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
In our kitchen: Nikujaga - meat and potato stew… onion, carrot, potato, gai lan, shirataki noodles, pork… mirin, tamari, saké, coconut sugar, dashi broth…
#JapaneseCooking #Stew #Nikujaga
February 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Not an easy album to come by… An absolutely sublime recording…
#Vinyl #HerbieHancock #RonCarter #TonyWilliams
February 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Can’t believe my luck in finding this gem at my local used book store. 1942 First pressing - $25… An extensive collection of exerpts from Indian and Chinese Buddhist texts… Rigveda, Upanishads, Ramayana, Panchatantra, Dhammapada, Tao, Confucius… and tons more.
#Buddhism #Tao #Philosphy
February 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
February 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In a twinkling
Time deprives us
Of what we
Prize
As a torrent carries
Everything
Away
Leaving but a
Murmur

- Ryokan

* The Road to Peace #5, oil on paper, 18”x24” - SOLD
#Art #Ryokan #OilOnPaper
February 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A little something to brighten even the darkest of days…
#Vinyl #MinyoCrusaders
February 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM
February 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The mornin’ office… top of the climb… managed to stuff 2,240 ft of elevation gain into a short 28 mile ride…
#Colnago #Cycling
February 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
My current situation…
#Vinyl #Analog #DarkRoomCostaMesa
February 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The afternoon office…
#Fender #KauerGuitars #ArtAndLutherie
February 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
February 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The mornin’ office…
#Poetry #Japan #NookCoffeeBar
February 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The mornin’ office: 1973 Austro Daimler, Nitto Pearl stem, Soma Portola bars, Cane Creek SCR-5 levers, original Campy headset, Campy/Bottecchia C-Record seatpost, Sugino Mighty Cranks/rings, Grand Cru brakes, Crank Bros pedals, Milwaukee Hubs, Mavic Open Pros, Gravel King Tires #VintageBicycle
February 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
February 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The afternoon office…
#Buddhism #Poetry #Japan #Karma
February 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM