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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

KYOTO JOURNAL

Issue # 71
TEA: a glimpse, a journey...
is now out.

Posted by Robert Brady on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 0 comments

Labels: KyotoJournal, tea

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From 2007: Stonehenge Ramble
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From 2005: My Part in the Downfall of Ferdinand Marcos
From 2003: Jichinsai
From 2002: At the Clinic
From 2004: Keys to the Kingdom
From 2005: Twin Toddlers Take No Prisoners
From 2006: Naked Breakfast
From 2005: Monkeys Observe Brady Splitting Firewood
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Robert Brady: Born and raised in upstate New York, traveled for a decade after college, lived in various places around the world, keeping a journal. Settled in Kyoto in 1980, moved to this mountainside above Lake Biwa in 1995. Started Pure Land Mountain in April 2002. Written and sidebar contents 2002~2015 copyright Robert Brady

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