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2023-03-24
This is March and what a treat to drive home along West Mercer way and be greeted with the Cherry blossoms every day.We used to live on Seattle's Capitol Hill and there is a block between Aloha and Pr...
2023-03-21
Born in 1939, I was the Sansei (third generation of Japanese heritage) of the three-layer sandwich, with a widowed Japanese immigrant grandpa, his three Nisei (second generation) children and a son-in...
2023-03-03
One of the stories featured at the OMOIDE STORIES AT THE REP last Sunday was written by Nancy Iishi Martos. Nancy wrote about her Grandmother Tameno creating Cherryland Florist in Seattle on Jackson S...
2023-02-28
Here's what I basically said:This is exciting! Thank you Nabra for this opportunity to share our OMOIDE (memories) stories. Why is the OMOIDE writing program important to me? Why do I want the Japanes...
2023-02-20
When Zachary's mother, our first born arrived, we stared at the miracle saying, "Last year she was nothing." I often thought, "There is a good chance I will see great grandchildren. What can I think, ...
2023-02-13
It was 9am, Sam walked up the three flights of stairs, down the corridor west to his 423 office at the corner, as he had the previous thirty years with out ever missing - just as he never missed a day...
2023-02-06
Yesterday, we had another fun session of story telling at the Panama Tea and Coffee. About 15 individuals joined us for conversation on our 9th session since we started last May 2022. It’s particularl...
2023-01-30
OMOIDE writing program stories at the JCCCW are being featured in a program at the SEATTLE REP theater as part of their outreach program.One of the stories will highlight the history of one of our Sea...
2023-01-21
“Agatta! Agatta!” (Went up!) Grandpa Kay shouted into the brisk December morning air, the week before Christmas. That meant, the steam had risen to the top of the stack of five wooden boxes holding wa...
2023-01-15
As I blogged yesterday, 1939 was another year that January had a Friday the 13th and my being born on January 14th seemed like another synchronicity for Sam and my being together. Today is my 84th bir...