Category Archives: heritage

Basking in culture and heritage at the St. Louis Japanese Festival

Posted on September 7, 2012 by moonbridgebooks

Yes, I’ve ignored my blog lately because I was busy preparing for the annual St. Louis Japanese Festival, the largest Japanese festival in the nation, at the Missouri Botanical Garden which has the largest Japanese garden in the nation. I’m … Continue reading →

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Searching for Jane, Finding Myself: a memoir by an adopted child

Posted on July 8, 2012 by moonbridgebooks

In a recent posting, I mused about a comment a young lady made to me about five years ago. She said she was adopted, so she didn’t have any stories about her mother. I said she had a mother whose … Continue reading →

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Cook foods into your memoir

Posted on April 4, 2012 by moonbridgebooks

Today the daughter is home from school with nausea so I fixed her okayu, the Japanese soup for sick people. The Chinese have a similar rice soup, and Americans have their chicken noodle soup. I like passing my heritage on … Continue reading →

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