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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.

Land’s End

Posted on April 24, 2016 by journeysofabentmind

Daphne ran down the dusty road toward the landing, the wind whistling through her hair, her bare legs pumping like pistons. Her brother, Griff, was coming home for the summer from Columbia University on the launch from Atlanta. He … Continue reading →

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The Ultimate Book of Dad Jokes

Posted on April 18, 2016 by journeysofabentmind

Several weeks ago I was asked by my publicist (I actually have a publicist for this soon to be printed book…!) to write a “Dedication” for the book – Not fully remembering exactly what a “Dedication” is compared to an … Continue reading →

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Ultimate Book of Dad Jokes

Posted on April 6, 2016 by journeysofabentmind

With the publication of my book of puns I have a positive story to tell of my experiences of working with the editors at Ulysses Press in Berkeley, CA. Being new to the whole process of “writing” a book and … Continue reading →

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The World’s 101 Most Worst Puns ~ Vol. V

Posted on April 4, 2016 by journeysofabentmind

There is a Chinese saying: “A picture is worth a thousand words.” I wonder if the opposite isn’t equally true: “A word is worth a thousand pictures.” Think on that for a moment: one word can stir memory traces of … Continue reading →

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The World’s 101 Even Worse Puns ~ Vol. IV.

Posted on March 24, 2016 by journeysofabentmind

Humor: sudden, inexplicable whim or notion. The quality of being laughable or comical; drollery; farcicality; jocularity; ludicrousness; ridiculousness; wittiness; zaniness. Someone once said, “laughter is the best medicine…” I don’t know what affliction they were referencing but it does seem … Continue reading →

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Grandson Xander Pushing the Envelope…

Posted on March 23, 2016 by journeysofabentmind

Grandson Xander, age 3 (or so ?) leaping into space from a play structure at a park in Eugene, OR circa 2009 – Carefree, ultra-curious and fearless he always explores all of life’s borders and verges causing parents and grandparents … Continue reading →