Frank J. Tassone

Tag: haibun

  • Portugal Travel Notes: Interlude #2 (7/23/18)

    I can hardly believe it! Three weeks have come and gone. Now, I know I’ve promised you updates. Believe me, I’m excited to share this journey. However, logistics–company, day outings, WiFi issues–have not favored a chronicle. Rest assured, I will have more updates soon. Stay tuned. Douro river all the vineyards I can’t visit

  • #Haikai Challenge #43 (7/21/18): Afterglow (yuuyake) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

      How are those lawns looking, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors   Ultreya!   Today is our 17th wedding anniversary. (Thank you, thank you; no, really, you shouldn’t have ;)) During our wedding, I remember seeing the sky shortly after sunset. It was a true sailor’s delight, and it still carries the allure of…

  • Portugal Travel Notes #6 (7/10/18):

    Mira and I at the castle in Sortelha   The AC didn’t work. We switched to new rooms around 3:00 in the morning. The hotel didn’t charge us for three rooms, of course.   morning sun Another yawn at breakfast   Belmont. A village that boasts an historic Jewish community, with roots preceding the expulsion…

  • Ocean City, Maryland Chronicle, Day 2: July 5, 2014: an .@ImageCurve #haibun

    early rise first aroma of fresh-brewed coffee early beach arrival digging deep into loose sand to plant our umbrella the rattle of the chain reminds me to mind the wind searing sun roar of an incoming surf so cold to the touch step by step, his hand in mine until my face hits the sand…

  • Laundry Portuguese style

    Only in Portugal… Chaves sun Mira folds our underwear that dries on a bush

  • Portugal Travel Notes #5 (7/9)

    Frank and I at a castle in Monsanto We finish our visit to Evora at the Cathedral. Beautiful sights atop the apex of the city. cathedral bells the silence under vault ceilings All of us on the roof of Evora Cathedral Next up, the mountain village winner of the coveted “most Portuguese village in Portugal”:…

  • Portugal Travel Notes (7/18/18): Interlude

    How did I wake up for the third morning in the Hotel Mayorazgo in Madrid, Spain? Well, it’s an interesting story. One that I will soon explain. Our trip has been a bustling one. That’s why I haven’t kept up my Travel Notes as consistently as I had hoped. No matter. I will soon get…

  • #Haikai Challenge #42 (7/14/18): cutting grasses (kusakari) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga

      Cool off under the waterfalls, haijin? Congratulations to last week’s contributors!   Moving right along.   If only summer was only the season of frolicking. Alas, there’s work to be done, too–especially if you own your own property. Sooner or later, it’s time to mow the lawn! With the sun and rain, that grass…