Location: Japanese American National Museum store 369 East First Street, Los Angeles, California 90012 Phone: (213) 625-0414, 1(800) 461-5266 Fax:... Read More
A woman emerges from a shell on the beach. Caught up in the bliss of becoming, she spreads her arms... Read More
St. Patrick’s Day is coming! Store windows are going green, and it’s not about the environment. Cardboard shamrocks hang in stationery shop windows; florists offer pots of shamrocks and green tinted carnation bouquets. We hunt for something green to wear. Classic movie channels recycle old Irish-themed favorites: The Quiet Man,... Read More
The writer of one of my favorite love poems, A Birthday, was Christina Rossetti ~ a Victorian spinster. What was... Read More
January. Dark days and long nights. Branches, black against a frozen sky. The swirl of snowflakes on bitter wind. The... Read More
At seven a.m. this morning, I switched on my computer to read my email. I checked my bank balance, and shot an e-card off to a friend whose birthday I’d nearly forgotten. (An e-card service to which I subscribe reminded me. Whew!) Then I trotted out the door for my... Read More