Currently under construction

Metal Cathedral, Genesis and early years
The gestation; the years of drawing and securing the permit; the foundation; the county's one-year halt; the first floor framing.

Roof framing to present 3/25
The roof framing rose; people passing slowed to look; sorrow waited round the corner; it will yet prevail.

Kura

Milk Carton
The so-called ""milk carton"", the only building anticipated in 2001.

6000 Slides - Highlights of Noriko's slide archive, 1950's to 1984

50's and early 60's
Ojiichan and Noriko's slides, the 50's and 60's

Africa 1965
Japanese girl with a Nikon in Africa in the 60's

"China, 76 and 77"
Two brief visits to China, 1976 and 1977

Graduate School years
Graduate School Years in the U.S.

Around the world 82
Bruce and Noriko advance slowly around the World 1982

After 1980: settled
1982 - 1986. The 'Rolling stone' has gathered moss.

Japan 1971 -80
Noriko family trips in Japan 1971 - 1980

Noriko college years
Noriko college years in U.S.

Travel in Japan 1981-82
Noriko, Hisa and Bruce travel Japan 1981-82

"Shoboan"

Japan Visits since 2011

Fall 2023

Spring 2023
Iwate prefecture and Tohoku - Chusonji, Miyasawa Kenji Museum, Tono, Jodogahama beach, Michinoku Trail, Hachinohe; Kyoto""

Miyazawa Kenji
Miyazawa Kenji Museum, Haraizume

Fall 2022

Fall 2019

Spring 2019 Nagano
Zenkoji, Suwa city and shrine; Tsumago; Kyoto

Fall 2018 Tango
Tango Prefecture, Ine, Amanohashidate, Maizuro Hikuge Kinenkan (Repatriation Museum)

Spring 2018 Kodo and Seto Naikai
Seto Naikai: Naoshima, Ritsurin Koejn, Konpira-san; Kumano Nakahechi ""the Kodo"", Katsurahama Beach, Kyoto Toban

2016 Awajishima
Awajijishima seeking the birthplace of bunraku; Kobe

2015 Kyushu
Kyushu: Nagazaki, Dejima, sites re: ""hidden Christens"",

2011 Funeral in Osaka
Mori Ojisan funeral; Osaka, Kyoto

Japan visits before 2011

"2010 Tokyo, Osaka"
Mt Mitake; ""live house"" Tokyo; Kyoto: Fushimi, Gion

"2009 Tokyo, Osaka, Shigaraki"
Mt. Takai, Shigaraki

"2008 Kamakura, Yokohama"
Short trims including Kamakura

2007 Okinawa
Okinawa, 25th Anniverary observance; Tokyo, Kyoto

Sub-prime Tower 2008-2016

Tower Project Part I
Conceived in 2007, permitted 2009, concrete poured 2010, one-man framed through 2011.

Tower Project Part II
In 2011 Bruce acknowledges need for help.

"Roof Raising Aug 27, 2011"
Roof raising ceremony featuring ""rent-a-miko (shrine maiden)"", our neighbor.

Tower Project Part III
Framing complete, succession of other trades - windows, plumbing, wiring,exterior siding, insulation, sheetrock, tile. Through 2013.

Toward 2014 final inspection and after
Preparing for final inspection May 2014. Following that, the priority switches to making the building habitable and useful.

Earlier buildings and earthworks

Milk Carton
The so-called ""milk carton"", the only building anticipated in 2001.

Kura

Garden Evolution
The ""garden"" began as only a fenced enclosure to protect a few fruit trees planted earlier.

Greenhouse Jihad
I was given a 30' x 60' greenhouse on condition I dismantled it and removed it within two weeks.

Infrastructure
Power pole erected, wires hung by ""cave man"" methods.

Land

"Mill Creek Bridge, Floods and Bridge Incarnations"

Bridge I

Man vs. Creek
Efforts following 2006 to reduce future risk.

Destruction of Bridge
The great New Years 2006 flood

Resurrection of Bridge
Rebuild of bridge 2006-07

Bridge II

2017 Flood (2nd destruction)
This one broke the bridge but did not down it.

Second Resurrection
Second resurrection was as hard and took nearly as long as the first, though the destruction had not been total. The creek had to be re-routed.

Nash Mill Road, Mendocino County - "Sense of Place"

Anderson Valley
The Anderson valley, according to Bruce Anderson, a ""hippie-ding enterprise,"" a symbol of the ""wine-and-cheese gentry,"" the ""lib-lab yuppie hypocrites,"" the ""educrats,"" the ""thumbsuckers,"" the ""New Age barnacles,"" the ""feral enviro-Druids"" and other well-meaning ineffectual ""Nice People"" who flocked to hippie festivals in the early 1970's and stayed.

Light enhanced
Light has a much broader vocabulary.

Water revered
Water is here; Creek watching is a regular pastime.

"Earth, feared and revered"
Opposing the will of earth is a mistake.

Plants delirious
Stop; look; wonder.

"Fungi, wonder at"
A show that never repeats. We put our fungi world against yours.

Grasss and Luminous Weeds
A small wonder of the late afternoon in the dry season;

Fauna

Death and Decay
Once-living matter returning to the mother.

Game Cam

Hojoki-an Visitors and Cast

Garden Evolution
The ""garden"" began as only a fenced enclosure to protect a few fruit trees planted earlier.

Visitors

Settlers

Vicinity

Recent vacation trips

Attica, Kansas and Atlanta 2024
Visitng Mary Dusenbury in Kansas and Lucy Calhoun in Atlanta. Appreciation of their respective ranches, farms, herds, businesses.

Oregon 2022
Mostly the splendid Oregon coast

Olympic Peninsula 2021
Weekend trip to the wondrous Olympic Peninsula

Southwest III: 2021
Third of three trips to the Southwest, this time concentrating on southern Arizona

Hawaii 2020
A few days on the Big Island, with Kay

Southwest II: Fall 2018
Second of three Southwest trips, this concentating on Taos and the Navajo Lands

Southwest I: Fall 2017
First of three Southwest trips - this the southern Utah parks and Grand Canyon North Rim

Family Affairs

Tamiart

Summer 1967
Documents of Bruce and Dave's summer 1967

Xmas Art 1982-2020
If not wisdom at least wit

Youth Musical Theater
Setbuilding on Prince Street for Sweeney Todd; the old YMTC webpage

Halcyon Bird Project
Halcyon Commons Miscellaneous

Designs by Bruce
Bruce at UCLA; misc designs.

Artwork of Kay
Artwork of Kay.

Laura Wicinas 1922-2006

1890-1939

'39-'40(Laura authored)
Old album compiled by Laura

John and Laura
Laura's labor of love

'42-'44

'47-'49

'50-'54

After 1954
Loose photos curated by Noriko in 1982. Chronology is guessed.

Laura's most cherished
Photos Laura always carried in her purse.

House of Wicinas

W. Mass

Boston

Pittsburgh 09
Summer of Kay's graduation, Kay and Bruce did quick tour of relatives in the Northeast and Pittsburgh.

West Virginia 09
Summer of Kay's graduation, Kay and Bruce did quick tour of relatives in the Northeast and Pittsburgh including 24 hour backpack in West Virginia

Goodbye San Diego '09
Graduaion, quick tour of San Diego vicinity, pack up Kay's stuff and drive away.

Fishing

Swan Wedding '08
The first ""Swan Wedding"", Massachussetts

Goodbye Pittsburgh '74
Bruce and Dave head West from Pittsburgh in Dave's old Datsun.