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2023-04-07
Fred, my brother-in-law, was 94 years old and passed this week. The three remaining sibblings were there to bid him farewell to this human world! Fred now has the peace that he sought. We gather and c...
2023-03-29
Its a lot of fun to see our grandchildren participating in such events and learning the values of practice and discipline. The best part in watching the video is that they are a team and all of them ...
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 P...
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 Japane...
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 Se...