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July 18, 2026 ~ Eugene Asian Celebration

Today was the annual celebration of all things Asian held in Alton Baker Park here in Eugene–I initially participated in the celebration two years ago on July 27, 2024, the summer following the publication in August 2023 of the book, … Continue reading

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June 4, 2026 ~ Letitia Carson Elementary School

Today I made my annual trek up to Corvallis to visit my dear friend, Christine Gough and her third-grade class at Letitia Carson Elementary School. This continues a twenty-eight-year history of a visit around my telling of an American story, … Continue reading

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I’M NOT WHO I THOUGHT I WAS…!

As a child back in the late 50’s I occasionally heard my mom say that we had a Samurai branch in our family tree. What that meant I didn’t understand, but it sounded cool. I didn’t hear it too often, … Continue reading

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Cascade Manor Book Reading – February 10, 2026

This week on the 10th I held a book reading here at Cascade Manor for my latest publication, Meanderings of a Bent Mind. It was set up as a lecture in the auditorium with some sixty chairs for the audience, … Continue reading

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Meanderings of a Bent Mind: The Journeys of an Introvert

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Sunday June 1, 2025 ~ Deschutes Public Library, Bend, Oregon

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Meanderings of a Bent Mind: Journeys of an Introvert

In August of 2023 my dear friend Nina Wolpe and I became published authors of our jointly written book, Two Faces, a story of two ten-year olds, one a white girl, the other a Japanese boy. It tells of two … Continue reading

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