Tag Archives: culture and heritage

The Last Cherry Blossom – WWII Japan for kids

Posted on October 27, 2019 by

I’m an adult, but recently I enjoyed reading a middle-grade historical fiction book by Twitter friend Kathleen Burkinshaw. The Last Cherry Blossom is based closely on her mother’s stories of WWII and surviving the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. These days, … Continue reading →

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Memoir Voice: Keeping the ghost out of ghostwriting

Posted on October 6, 2019 by

Are you writing or editing someone else’s memoir? I am celebrating after finishing the difficult editing of an ESOL memoir. ESOL means English as Second or Other Language, and in this case it might be a fourth language out of … Continue reading →

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Seiwa-en Japanese Garden and a WWII Japanese Internment Memoir

Posted on September 8, 2019 by

Last weekend was our big annual Japanese Festival, where our small but mighty Japanese community and our many friends work together to showcase Japanese cultural traditions and talents. It’s impressive. The Missouri Botanical Garden has the largest Japanese garden in … Continue reading →

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