Tag Archives: culture and heritage

Oral histories and interviews strike gold

Posted on March 3, 2014 by moonbridgebooks

While writing Cherry Blossoms in Twilight, my mother’s stories of everyday life around WWII in Japan, my eyes were opened to the gold of all personal stories, especially of culture and history. Sure, I had heard plenty of Mom’s childhood stories of … Continue reading →

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Back from Tennessee, with good memories and pulled pork barbecue

Posted on December 29, 2013 by moonbridgebooks

I won’t have to eat again for a week. We are back from a post-Christmas visit to family, my husband’s side in West Tennessee. My mom-in-law is the queen of home cooked Southern meals. When not eating cornbread dressing, super-candied … Continue reading →

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“The Boy at the Gate” memoir is a poignant song

Posted on October 13, 2013 by moonbridgebooks

At the age of eight, Danny Ellis was separated from his siblings and dropped off at the most notorious orphanage in Ireland. The Artane Industrial School housed 800 orphans and delinquents that nobody wanted—a noisy, ragtag bunch of “humanity’s lost … Continue reading →

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