After the first week of my residency in Seiffen, I'm back in Leipzig for the weekend to see my family and plants. Also it is a good chance to pickup my tools I would like to use in Seiffen. I was only

Last weekend, I arrived in Seiffen, Germany, a town famous for its traditional wooden craftsmanship, for an artist residency. We had a welcome gathering in the weekend, an orientation on Monday , and yesterday

The Oura app recently reminded me that I've been wearing my Oura Ring for two years. Time flies! Back then, I had been pushing myself a little too hard. The skin on my left eyelid became irritated, which

This summer holiday, I'll be moving to Seiffen, a town in Saxony that is famous for its woodworking traditions, for an artist residency. I'll be staying there for most of the summer break. Although I'll

During the heat wave at the end of last month, temperatures here in eastern Germany, where I live, stayed close to 40°C for several days. On the days I was at home, I tried to survive the heat by placing

After making prototypes and testing, my chopstick-making jig is now complete! Last weekend I tested it for the first time at a makers festival in Chemnitz. About 50 people joined the workshop, and together

Today was my dental check-up and professional cleaning day — something I do every six months. I've been going to the same dentist for about six years now. She happens to be the sister of one of my partner's

Last month, for Bitcoin Pizza Day, I made a cookie cutter with my 3D printer for the first time, and I have been experimenting with it over the past month. Since I have become fairly good at making them,

It's been three years since the Sony camera came into our place. I still take most of my photos within a three-meter radius of my kitchen and balcony. But after three years of practice, I feel that I'm

Elderflowers are in full bloom in middle east part of Germany I live in. Known as Holunderblüte in German, elderflowers come from the elder tree. Around late spring and early summer, the trees are covered

When you spend a lot of time making things or cooking, your hands inevitably become rough. Whether it's carving wood, working with soil, kneading bread, or washing dishes, our hands go through a lot. In

The weather has been wonderfully sunny lately, and the temperatures have been perfect for cycling, so I've been visiting my garden quite often on my bike 😊 Among all the vegetables and flowers I planted

I think I wrote on Hive before that whenever I find a fabric I really like, I end up turning it into a mini furoshiki, a simple Japanese traditional square wrapper. Then I realized I do the same with headbands

From last weekend through the holiday Monday, the annual gothic festival WGT (Wave Gotik Treffen) was taking place in my city Leipzig. Amazingly, this year was the 33rd edition. Following last year, when

There are quite a number of volcanic mountain in East-Java including the famous ones such as Bromo and Semeru but actually, there are many older volcanic mountain in the region that is dormant and worth

Lately, my days has been full (for my standard 😉) with business trips, workshops, and various outings, so I hadn’t really had the chance to slowly enjoy my mornings on the balcony watering and seeing

May 22 was Bitcoin Pizza Day. What kind of pizza did you eat this year? At our home, it has become a yearly tradition to bake pizza and eat it while watching a movie. This year, I also made a Bitcoin cookie

Lately I haven’t really been keeping up with the crypto world, and when I checked the prices today, everything seemed pretty quiet. On Hive Blog, rewards are currently paid in HP and HIVE. My current plan

What kind of soil do you use for growing your plants? When I first started gardening, I often chose budget friendly soil. But over time, I kept learning from experienced gardeners in books and videos say

Last weekend I stayed at a makerspace for three workshop days in a row, so I left the garden mostly to nature for a while. Earlier last week, the temperatures were still quite low high around 10 degrees,