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About journeysofabentmind

Gordon is a Nisei, a second generation American of Japanese descent born in 1938 whose family owned a farm outside of Atwater, California in the San Joaquin Valley. His world was abruptly changed when on December 7, 1941 Japan’s Imperial Navy launched an early morning attack on Pearl Harbor. Thus began a chain of events that resulted in his family’s forced evacuation and internment in a “relocation center” in Colorado during the war. After the war Gordon spent his teenage years in school and working on the family farm. He attended U.C. Berkeley and graduated in 1960 and went on to the Graduate School of Social Welfare at Berkeley earning a Masters in Social Welfare in 1963. He worked in a number of social service settings and last worked as a case manager for developmentally challenged clients in San Mateo, San Francisco, and Marin Counties until he retired in 2000. When his wife Barbara retired in 2007 they moved to Eugene, Oregon following their children and grandchildren. Gordon lives with his wife of 55 years and close to the four grandchildren and life is just good.

Thoughts of an Introvert

Posted on December 16, 2019 by journeysofabentmind

Humor sometimes can be very personal. One joke strikes you as pretty funny, another elicits only a smile. A joke can reduce a part of a gathering to hysterical guffaws, leaving others puzzled with only a smile on uncomprehending minds. … Continue reading →

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Reflections of An Introvert

Posted on December 7, 2019 by journeysofabentmind

The mind of an introvert is somewhat of an enigma, akin in a way to secret codes and cyphers. Ask ten introverts how they think and you’re likely to elicit eleven distinct answers. Sifting through the myriad words these individuals … Continue reading →

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Musings of An Introvert

Posted on November 27, 2019 by journeysofabentmind

There is this place I go to, a wondrous setting filled with history’s wake and rife with anticipation. It is a sanctuary away from all manner of trifles, sundry distractions, and sometimes from responsibilities. It is at times a shield … Continue reading →

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In the Playing Fields of the Gods

Posted on November 18, 2019 by journeysofabentmind

The sun rose and broke through thunderheads gathering to the east. A storm was brewing, and Dr. Drake Eullah knew his team had only hours to complete the first stages of a most important dig. His colleague of long standing, … Continue reading →

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Working Title: Journeys of a Bent Mind: Confessions of an Introvert

Posted on November 9, 2019 by journeysofabentmind

I am beginning work on a phantom volume to supplement the eight singlet volumes of puns I collaborated on with my four grandchildren as illustrators, and the two volumes of puns published by Ulysses Press out of Berkeley, California. I … Continue reading →

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It Ain’t Over ‘Til the Fat Lady Sings

Posted on November 7, 2019 by journeysofabentmind

The large clock on the wall read 11:17 as Jessica prepared to leave the office. It had been a long and difficult day in a week plagued with major computer glitches that threatened to stall her department’s major project – … Continue reading →

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Romeo and Juliet in East Meets West

Posted on October 12, 2019 by journeysofabentmind

Barbara’s parents were Caucasian and came to California from Nebraska around 1937. My Mom’s parents came from Tokyo to the San Francisco Bay Are in the early 1900s and she was born near San Jose, California shortly thereafter. My Dad’s … Continue reading →

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The Woman with Stars in Her Hair

Posted on September 29, 2019 by journeysofabentmind

A hawk soared over the valley in wide sweeping arcs, catching the updraft off the sheer sandstone cliffs, as it followed the meandering river through the moor on its journey to the sea. The scent of wisteria hung on the … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima 1961

Posted on September 28, 2019 by journeysofabentmind

In the summer of 1961 Barbara and I traveled to Japan with a group of students at the Wesley Foundation Methodist Student Center at the University of California in Berkeley to work with a partner group of students from the … Continue reading →

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First Date, First Kiss

Posted on August 31, 2019 by journeysofabentmind

What: First date, first kiss.                                                                        … Continue reading →

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