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About moonbridgebooks

Co-author of Cherry Blossoms in Twilight, a WWII Japan memoir of her mother's childhood; author of Poems That Come to Mind, for caregivers of dementia patients; Co-author/Editor of Battlefield Doc, a medic's memoir of combat duty during the Korean War; life writing enthusiast; loves history and culture, poetry, and cats

National Poetry Writing Month – Day1

Posted on April 1, 2011 by moonbridgebooks

I have signed up the Cherry Blossom Memories blog to the NaPoWriMo site. I can’t believe I did this. This means I am publicly committed to writing one poem a day for each day this month, National Poetry Writing Month. … Continue reading →

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Japan Earthquake-Tsunami relief and remembering

Posted on March 21, 2011 by moonbridgebooks

During the Kanto earthquake of 1923, my Japanese grandmother rushed to the bamboo forest with her babies, thinking the fibrous mass of roots would keep the earth from cracking open. I doubt if that would stop the giant shifting of … Continue reading →

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Joyce Carol Oates and the healing memoir

Posted on March 6, 2011 by moonbridgebooks

Joyce Carol Oates was in town last week to talk about her memoir, Widow’s Story. Her hand was probably still tingling from shaking hands two days earlier with President Obama as he awarded her a National Humanities Medal for lifetime literary … Continue reading →

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