Category Archives: heritage

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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Full Moon Viewing (Tsukimi): party with dango under the harvest moon

Posted on September 12, 2011 by moonbridgebooks

The full harvest moon of autumn is rising huge over the horizon these days. Last night, September 11 in the U.S., was technically the full moon, but the nights just before and after are filled with moonlight, too. Japan and … Continue reading →

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