Author Archives: moonbridgebooks

Unknown's avatar

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

Genealogy versus lifewriting

Posted on June 5, 2013 by moonbridgebooks

BlogHer’s Find Your Roots prompt for today asks whether I am interested in genealogy and whether I’ve made a family tree. You know from my last post that I can’t make much of a family tree since most of it … Continue reading →

Posted in heritage | Tagged , | 7 Comments

Genealogy: How deep are your roots?

Posted on June 4, 2013 by moonbridgebooks

The BlogHer Find Your Roots prompt for today: Three generations ago, where were your family members living? My Japanese grandparents lived in the small town of Tokorozawa, now a bustling suburb of Tokyo. My grandmother’s family was probably from that … Continue reading →

Posted in heritage | Tagged | Leave a comment

BlogHer’s Find Your Roots in June

Posted on June 3, 2013 by moonbridgebooks

Thanks to someone on the Hafu Facebook group I recently joined, I’m participating in BlogHer’s June NaBloPoMo in which participants will write daily blog posts about their roots. “Hafu” is a term meaning half Japanese (the Japanese have trouble saying the … Continue reading →

Posted in heritage | Tagged | 2 Comments