Nov
10
What a great time we had with Boon in Topeka the last weekend in March! We had about a dozen hardy souls, and yes, it’s early in the year but what a great opportunity! I’ve worked on Boon’s trees for years but this time I got to have him work on mine. We [...]
Sashi-eda: Boon, when discussing bonsai soil, everyone seems to be emotionally involved with their favorite recipe. In fact, it reaches the fervor of a religious belief sometimes. You have a recipe that you use and teach your students to use. (Boon’s soil mix.) Are you dogmatic about that soil mix?
Boon: No dogma. [...]
Nov
07
(Originally posted Monday, June 11, 2007)
Intensive is such an accurate name for this process. Every day Boon picks us up at the Executive Inn Embarcadero (if you go, always get a room on the water side, it’s quiet and beautiful. The city side is very noisy and, well, ugly.) We drive to [...]
Nov
07
Originally posted June 7, 2007
Alameda, CA– Once again the long slog to the West Coast for yet another installment of Bonsai Knowledge. Day 1 starts with classroom study. It amazes me that Boon keeps handing out the same worksheets, and I keep learning so many new things from them. Today we talked about three different [...]
Nov
07
(Originally published Thursday, January 18, 2007)
The show intensive has come and gone, but the fire has not. I have never been so energized, even though I came home to a deep freeze with snow and freezing rain making my driveway a sheet of ice that does not even show tire tracks. But [...]
