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Steve Forrest

@sforrest.bsky.social

Read teach eat run, bike write build. Traveller; always learning. Teaching (classical) Japanese at a public univ. in USA. Doing life and Japanese book history, etc. In diversity, strength; in equity, justice; in inclusion, an open welcome. LGBTQ+ 🏳️‍⚧️

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Steve Forrest@sforrest.bsky.social · 5d ago

Query for seal script 篆書 folks -- an early 20th C. (probably) ownership seal in my copy of Fukuzawa Yukichi's Seiyō jijō 西洋事情. Looks like 好古山蔵書印 to me, but the 山 doesn't match any example I've seen so far. Also could 好古山[人] be Kuki Bunnosuke 九鬼文之助? Any suggestions much appreciated!

lower right portion of opening page of vol. 3 of a woodblock printed Japanese book. Author's name Fukuzawa Yukichi 福沢諭吉 (tagged as compiler/editor _sanshū_ 纂輯) at bottom right, but next to it a red seal with six characters in seal script.close up of the three name characters.
Steve Forrest@sforrest.bsky.social · 5d ago

Running the other day, see large animal emerge from shrubs on other side of road ahead: me: dog? me: LARGE dog? bear: [pausing] human? Hmm. me: ... bear: [stands up, looks hesitant] me: ah, not a dog me: [stops running] bear: eh, probably not a threat bear: [back to all fours, crosses road] me: ...

Glenn Fleishman@glennf.com · 6d ago

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How Comics Are Made: A Visual History from the Drawing Board to the Printed Page

How Comics Are Made: a visual history of newspaper comics from the 1890s to the 2020s, from the drawing hand to the printed page. By Glenn Fleishman; foreword by Michael Chabon. 2026 Eisner Award nomi...

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Brad Simpson@bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is a great series on Indonesia for anyone teaching modern Southeast Asia or Indonesian History. A group of terrific young Indonesian scholars and great prep and questioning by Denvir. @asianstudies.org @avick.bsky.social @tompepinsky.com @anu-chl.bsky.social

Daniel Denvir@danieldenvir.bsky.social · 2w ago

We just completed Nusantara, @thedigradio.bsky.social's 8-part series on the history of Indonesia. The fourth largest country is barely understood in the West and yet has decisively shaped the world: from Dutch colonialism to third world revolution to US-backed mass anti-communist genocide. 1/

Steve Forrest@sforrest.bsky.social · 2w ago

Biked the canal-side trails today after work, a pleasure in the cooler weather we've been having. Stopped to watch a beaver swimming around in a sunny pool, then later had a kingfisher for company--chattering indignantly at me, then swooping further along the canal, repeatedly, till I turned back.

Many shades of green in a view up the canal showing mostly a grassy broad trail, edged with ferns, tall trees at the right, dark canal waters a few feet down at the left, with forested bank on the other side of it--all under a bright late afternoon sky. View looking down the canal from the same spot: the grassy fern-edged trail curves to the right and disappears round the bend in the canal. Bright patches of sky are reflected in the water.
Steve Forrest@sforrest.bsky.social · 3w ago

Somehow it's Friday again, the weekend beckons, hooray! There was a bright sliver of moon in the sky as I headed to my car (off to the left of this scene) but it was the sky over the parking lot that caught my eye. 疲れたけどスッキリ。 #SkyPortrait

View of just post sunset sky, all streaks of cloud in orange and cream on a sky with a night gradient coming in from the top. Below is a mostly empty parking lot already getting dark -- a few cars are visible by reflections from their outlines, and beyond them a slihouetted treeline.
Steve Forrest@sforrest.bsky.social · last mo.

Out late in the day to try a new-to-me trail by the Chicopee river--couldn't resist cooling off with a wade in the water afterwards, joining others who had the same idea. Then treated to a lovely summer sky to end the excursion. Happy Fourth to all! #AmRunning #trails

View over a broad, still section of the dark waters of Chicopee river with a blockish stone construction jutting out from the wooded opposite bank, and a grassy island midstream. The sky is mostly cloudless.another view from the same spot (a graffitied stone embankment that is visible in this image) looking upstream. The still water reflects a few tiny clouds and the treeline of the opposite bank. No people are in sight.View from a bridge above the river, further upstream where it's narrower and deepset, with heavily wooded banks--looking towards a hulking factory/warehouse building on the left bank above which a creamy mass of evening sunlit cloud sits, with a few grey clouds looming over on the right.More wide angle view of the same building complex, showing more of the sunlit clouds above it, and in the foreground the shallow waters of the river hurrying along, with some broken water before it deepens and gets still off in the distance on the right, beyond the buildings.
Asakiyume/Morinotsuma@asakiyume.bsky.social · last mo.

Ancient stamps from 1981: a series on state birds and flowers--only missing North Dakota. Notice how they vary the poses of, for example, the cardinals, so even though many states have a cardinal for a state bird, the stamps are all unique. So beautiful!

A set of 50 stamps, with the one on the lower left corner missing. The stamps all have images of birds and flowers on them--the state bird and state flower of each of the US states. At the time the stamps were issued, first-class postage was 20 cents. Now first-class postage is 78 cents.
Steve Forrest@sforrest.bsky.social · last mo.

Company out on the trails this morning: noticed a turkey hen standing stock still on a side trail, feathers all iridescent, as I ran by, so I stopped & turned back to get a pic -- but she had vanished! So I took a few steps off the main trail, and lo! [video has no sound] #AmRunning

Steve Forrest@sforrest.bsky.social · last mo.

First time in ages, but I got well & truly lost a couple times during yesterday's run when old or expected trails petered out--a bonus of exploring new routes, need to do it more often! Stumbled across a lovely mid-woods pond here... #AmRunning

View across a pond in later afternoon sunlight, bright under a cloudy sky: the trees and grass on the far bank are reflected clearly in the still water. At top left there's a blurry flying creature, I think it's a deerfly -- they were everywhere, one got me on the knee just after I took this pic, ouf!View of the foreground showing the surface of the same pond with some yellow water lily flowers just starting to open, and their flat leaves on the surface are contrasted by some spear straight and tall leaves (irises?) coming out of the pond at the right.Close up of two lily flowers among a mix of leaves at the ponds edge. A hurried shot as I was about to flee the onslaught of the deerflies (bugspray is enough to keep them away, mostly, when I'm running, but stand still and they WILL get you).
Steve Forrest@sforrest.bsky.social · last mo.

Reading a kibyōshi preface signed 小金鶴成 (? Ogane/Kogane Tsurunari/Kakusei--no clue as to actual reading or who he is), & I have to admire his signature image: a crane, yes, but as @plumcalendar.bsky.social pointed out, the lines of its wings spell 成 too! [if you know this guy, please do share!]

screenshot of preface writer's sign-off, reading, 「小金鶴成序」 plus a small sketch of a crane as described in tweet.
Steve Forrest@sforrest.bsky.social · last mo.

Ended a work-at-home day getting out on the bike, destination Rock House Reservation for a wee walk in the woods -- lovely spot, and today was perfect weather for it here in western MA. Office tomorrow though.

Basic trail bicycle (a Specialized Stumpjumper from the 1990s, I think) leaning against a roofed three-part sign board with information about the reservation. At left, stone steps lead up into sun dappled woods.View of a broad grassy trail leading into woods, past a closed metal gate; the stone steps from previous image are visible at right, with a signpost noting "Dogs must be leashed" and "Property open from sunrise to sunset."