Category Archives: capturing memories

Poetry is memoir, too

Poetry doesn’t seem at all popular to the general reading public these days yet I know many people write it. The Twitter world is filled with writers of sparse Japanese-style poems like haiku and tanka, perfect for 140-character posts – … Continue reading

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Sonia Marsh tells all about paradise in Freeways to Flip-Flops memoir

Have you ever dreamed of getting away from it all? Leaving the rat race, retiring somewhere where the breeze is gentle off the ocean and time stands still? Sonia Marsh did it. She and her husband plucked up their boys … Continue reading

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Ichi go, ichi e and scrapbooking memories

Yesterday a friend and I created a scrapbook for a Japanese friend who is moving away. We wanted her to remember the fun she had with our Japanese-and-American women’s group, JASWA. With one more page to fill, I asked my … Continue reading

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