Index of Stories

Here is a complete list of the weekly stories, stretching back to the first one, posted in January 2006. They are grouped by 'Volumes', a new set every six months ...

Note: I have had trouble keeping up with the weekly schedule since opening the new Mokuhankan shop in Asakusa. I have no idea when I'll be able to get to doing these little stories. Until then, please enjoy these 'back issues'.

Each story has an audio version to accompany it - look for the 'speaker' icon on each page. The audio quality at first was nothing 'special', but as time went by, I got somewhat better at the production side. (Stories after #461 have no audio ... I just lost control of my time management after opening the Asakusa shop ... sorry!)

Key to the icons:

  • Stories about Boots the Cat
  • Events from my youthful music career ...
  • Printmaking related ...
  • Events during my 'gap' year in London, back in 1972
  • The 'Summer Suite' : written long ago during summertime visits to my childrens' grandfather's place in the country

 

2006

Date Title
2006-01-01 Introducing Boots the cat! - The 'lady' who 'lives' in my home!
2006-01-08 Locked into a Routine ... - Am I such a boring person?
2006-01-15 Peel Me a Grape! - "Aren't you going to eat the skin?"
2006-01-22 Of Course I can Speak Japanese! - More Japanese than a Japanese?
2006-01-29 I'm learning IM, I am ... - confusing modern technology!
2006-02-05 Naturally ... - What is 'natural' for human beings?
2006-02-12 Bookends ... - The start and finish of my day ...
2006-02-19 Oh no! ... I Won! - Better luck next time!
2006-02-26 Rescue in the Night - an adventure story?
2006-03-05 The Web - ... something a bit startling ...
2006-03-12 Something Fishy - ... an interesting example of how cultures differ
2006-03-19 Elevator Music - ... I was terrified ...
2006-03-26 Hibernation - ... 'wasting' so much time in my futon ...
2006-11-05 Magic Show - the little blue jet was gone in a flash
2006-11-12 Where Have I Seen You Before? - a national audience of millions of viewers
2006-11-19 Dangerous River - setting off on their fabulous adventure
2006-11-26 Cross Words - serious and deep family conversations?


2007

Date Title
2007-01-07 Here we go Again! - the reason for the existence of a spider
2007-01-14 My Short-Lived Advertising Career - Mmmmm ... Good!
2007-01-21 Opening Day - the next one will be still faster and still cheaper!
2007-01-28 Bargain Hunting - she will remember the fun she had while buying them
2007-02-04 Speaker of the House - ... unwanted at some point in the future
2007-02-11 Scraping by ... - ... do something foolish to make her angry ...
2007-02-18 Mom's the Word! - ... leaving behind everything and everybody she knew
2007-02-25 Once a Year ... - ... wade through the complicated calculations.
2007-03-04 Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall - ... the entire course of my life changed
2007-03-11 First Days in London - ... seeing what was around every corner
2007-03-18 London Debut - ... every note seemed to hang in the air
2007-03-25 Off the Record - an interesting analogy to my own printmaking work


2008

Date Title
2008-01-06 Radio Times - ... creating images in our own minds
2008-01-13 Liquid Heaven - ... I had not the slightest idea what to order
2008-01-20 Case Study - ... his face fell in disappointment
2008-01-27 On the Support Desk - ... a problem on a computer on the other side of the world.
2008-02-03 If the Shoe Fits ... - ... pretty much everybody is barefoot ...
2008-02-10 Commuter Life - ... the answer is just as clear ...
2008-02-17 Forget Me Not ... - ... those who remember too much
2008-02-24 How Far is 'Too Far'? - ... it's not just the errand that is the point
2008-03-02 Boots Chimes In - It just makes me want to slide back into sleep!
2008-03-09 Do you Dare? - It was high stakes gambling, and not for everybody
2008-03-16 Greenhouse People - ... a clear analogy to our personal habits
2008-03-23 Out to Pasture - I've got to get busy in the workshop!
2008-03-30 Pipe Dreams - ... the usual peaceful mood of my printmaking work


2009

Date Title
2009-01-04 New Year Greetings - "lovingly prepared using traditional woodblock techniques"
2009-01-11 Don't Look Back! - talking and thinking about things that happened to us years ago
2009-01-18 If the Jacket Fits ... - Money obviously well spent!
2009-01-25 Buttermilk - ... my full, nearly untouched, glass of buttermilk ...
2009-02-01 He Who Seeks, Shall Find ... Something! - ... off on a tangent ...
2009-02-08 Halt! What's the Password?? - ... a real problem keeping things in memory
2009-02-15 Commentary - ... that 'freewheeling' approach would not do for this program.
2009-02-22 Prompt Results! - Good evening, this is woodblock printmaker David Bull ...
2009-03-01 An Open and Shut Case - This conversation has been a good lesson for me!
2009-03-08 Little Pleasures ... - I would never have dreamed of separating them!
2009-03-15 Read all about it! - ... launching each one from the sidewalk.
2009-03-22 Saying Goodbye - ... saying 'good-bye' to a man who I will never forget
2009-03-29 Getting Coached - It's behind you!
2009-05-03 In Retrospect - Now my kids will believe me!
2009-05-10 I Spy - My fresh loaf arrived in the nick of time!
2009-05-17 One is Enough! - ... flowers on each side as far as the eye can see
2009-05-24 Weeds - ... while he had his back turned, up they came again.
2009-05-31 Aches and Pains - Am I getting that old?
2009-12-06 In Hot Water - I'll be soaking ... down at the Post Office!
2009-12-13 A Little Something from Santa - She never wears the clothes that we get for her ...
2009-12-20 Darwin and Me - I intend to be part of it!
2009-12-29 ... the Best of Times ... - ... lessons taught, and lessons learned.


2010

Date Title
2010-01-03 Moshi Moshi - His language was really quite strange to me ...
2010-01-10 A Story With a Wrinkle - I wasn't quite ready just to pull the plug ...
2010-01-17 First it is Warm ... - Keeping my shame completely private!
2010-01-24 A Little Story about a Bee and a Fly - The environment has somehow changed ...
2010-01-31 Method Acting - Well, I don't really know ...
2010-02-07 Off to Market - I didn't recognize most of the foods ...
2010-02-14 No Sweat - I must have been in fantastic condition!
2010-02-21 Take Your Turn! - .. it sometimes happens automatically!
2010-02-28 Do not Fold ... - ... a 'labour-saving' device in my workshop
2010-03-07 A Date With Data - ... a mess of cross-outs, corrections, and unreadable scribbles
2010-03-14 One Size Fits All! - I do not want to do this!
2010-03-21 When Old Acquaintance ... - ... completely on the outside looking in ...
2010-03-28 Practice Makes ... Perfect? - ... on stage all day!
2010-04-04 Friends, Customers, Collectors! - ... lend me your ears!
2010-04-11 Hear Me Roar! - Headed for the entrance, looking neither left nor right
2010-04-18 His Best Work - ... we know what happens to athletes
2010-04-25 Analog vs Digital - Steal these prints ... please!
2010-06-06 Contemporaries - If I just reach out my arm and stretch a bit ...
2010-06-13 Kampai! - They saw a different possible future for themselves
2010-06-20 Let the Drums Roll Out! - Today was the fifth day running ...
2010-06-27 Lies, I Tell You! - ... collapsed onto the sofa.
2010-08-01 Evening Soundscape - ... a rice cooker closing.
2010-08-08 Route Finding ... - If everything goes exactly according to plan!
2010-08-15 Out to Lunch - You had better be prepared ...
2010-08-22 Sit Down - for what you believe in! - ... there was no further escalation of hostilities
2010-08-29 Homeward Bound - ... there are some things greater


2011

Date Title
2011-01-02 Second Time Around - But more hands means more mouths ...
2011-01-09 By the Book - How many years will it take ...
2011-01-16 Eating Egg ... and Dust! - rendered pretty much completely irrelevant!
2011-01-23 On Ice - ... something is definitely wrong!
2011-01-30 I _Should_ Be! - It _felt_ like a thick wad of money!
2011-02-06 Forbidden Fruit - ... a good idea at the time!
2011-02-13 Planting Seeds - ... make it self-directed
2011-02-20 Cheese Toast - The undisputed king!
2011-02-27 Oops! - ... a very strained atmosphere!
2011-03-06 Hang on! - ... never had a chance to land with the plane.
2011-03-13 My Word - If ever something should go wrong ...
2011-03-20 Blackout - ... a whitish band across the sky
2011-03-27 O Canada - What if I were to be tested?
2011-06-05 A Mystery (part II) - ... to one who is willing to understand!
2011-06-12 Character Analysis - ... I will tell you all about the man!
2011-06-19 I'm Innocent! - ... actually not suited for this work at all.
2011-06-26 Man of the World - ... jetting around every few months.
2011-12-04 Back in Hot Water - What is the world coming to ...
2011-12-11 Breaking and Entering - ... use the crowbar to smash my way in.
2011-12-18 To the Rescue ... - This one wasn't a false alarm!
2011-12-25 Use it, or ... - ... rolling their eyes at this chestnut


2012

Date Title
2012-01-01 Praise be! - ... most relieved when there was no comment.
2012-01-08 Playing for Keeps - ... a necessary part of a healthy psychology
2012-01-15 Once Upon a Time ... - ... was perhaps committing a crime.
2012-01-22 On a Knife Edge - ... a terrible race to the bottom
2012-01-29 Calling All Workers! - They didn't mind that one at all!
2012-02-05 Second in Command ... - ... training of a corporate raider
2012-02-12 The Arts of Conversation ... - ... I had better ride by in silence!
2012-02-19 Judgement Day - They were playing to win!
2012-02-26 Ad Sense - ... soon reach that 'dream' level.
2012-03-04 At the Midnight Hour - Don't nag me!
2012-03-11 Stimulating the Economy - Lambs to the slaughter ...
2012-03-18 Music, Maestro Please! - ... took the experiment all the way to its conclusion.
2012-03-25 Poor, and Rich! - A real professional instrument!


2013

Date Title
2013-01-06 Need a Trimming? - his most prized possession ...
2013-01-13 Influence - 60 matching sleek limousines ...
2013-01-20 Time to Leave - ... as though it were yesterday
2013-01-27 A Short Career ... - What's the statute of limitations?
2013-02-03 Waving an Antenna - Only time will tell!
2013-02-10 Legacy ... - ... two people to get their arms around ...
2013-02-17 Mr. Jack Meek - 32 of the planes were lost in a single night
2013-02-24 I Wonder - ... would collapse instantly
2013-03-03 Where's the Beef? - iPhone levels of precision
2013-03-10 "Call Me Irresponsible" - What could go wrong?
2013-03-17 Meow! - ... like walking through a movie set
2013-03-24 A Rose by any other Name ... - I created my job out of thin air
2013-03-31 Marshmallows - ... more fulfilling lives than most of the population
2013-04-07 Quick! Call an Ambulance! - ... the surgery might have been scary
2013-04-14 A Short Stroll - ... very lucky ...
2013-04-21 Best of Friends! - This sounded like a pretty good plan ...
2013-04-28 How are You? - ... you become that person.


2014

Date Title
2014-01-05 Numbers - There are no limits ...
2014-01-12 Confessions - ... is the librarian Catholic?
2014-01-19 Floating Along ... - One man's treasure ...
2014-01-26 Early Days - ... controlled millions of dollars in business
2014-02-02 Topsy-Turvy - Don't ask me; I've pretty much forgotten how!
2014-02-09 When I'm Sixty ... Two! - She will look up and smile ...
2014-02-16 Once was Enough! - We've never had it like this before ...
2014-02-23 Tanks for the Memories! - ... he'll find a few things of interest!
2014-03-02 Best Laid Plans ... - I would be 'set' for life!
2014-03-09 Best Laid Plans ... Part II - ... back out on the street.
2014-03-16 Call my Bookie! - It's time to do it again!
2014-03-23 An Evening Stroll - ... the ground undulating in visible waves
2014-03-30 Breaking the shell ... - I agreed that we would cease those activities ...


2015

Date Title
2015-01-04 Dave Dreams of Sushi ... - this wonderfully exotic holiday
2015-01-11 Truthiness ... - ... will be snapped up by eager buyers!
2015-01-18 Time to Deliver ... - now or never ...
2015-01-25 Guess Who! - Too simple a question!
2015-02-01 Calling Mr. Holmes ... - lest I begin to ignore the evidence
2015-02-08 Who's Who? - ... two in a row!
2015-02-15 Ranking - thinking about my own future
2015-02-22 A Little Tipple ... - that maybe wouldn't be such a good idea
2015-03-01 Down and Up! - no other frills at all
2015-03-08 Warm in Here ... - the culture does still survive
2015-03-15 Benched - looking for ways to free up some space
2015-03-22 Warm in Here (II) ... - everybody knows we can't handle it ...
2015-03-29 Clamming Up - how to train the rest of the world
2015-04-05 New for Old ... - and law-abiding citizens alike
2015-04-12 Snap! - just a couple of hours!
2015-04-19 Responsible shopping ... - how they should be using their money
2015-04-26 Shoes on! - sends an extremely strong signal
2015-05-03 Out on the Street - Long arc of my career ...
2015-05-10 Ethics (and other liabilities) - Pretty expensive goodwill!
2015-05-17 Transplants - I suppose the reverse might also be true ...
2015-05-24 Visit to a Barber - I was pleased to hear the arrival of an old favourite ...