Tag Archives: Japanese American

Minidoka Swing Band

Posted on July 5, 2020 by nutMeg

I got the opportunity to see and hear the Minidoka Swing Band at an event in San Francisco – back when those sorts of things (public events with groups of people) were still happening. It was a great show. Minidoka … Continue reading →

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AMERICAN SUTRA: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War

Posted on March 20, 2020 by nutMeg

I had been seeing posts about the book American Sutra online, and was able to make it to hear the author, Duncan Ryūken Williams, speak. There was a good size audience, which he wryly acknowledged, saying the book had taken … Continue reading →

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Resistance at Tule Lake

Posted on December 12, 2019 by nutMeg

The WWII incarceration of 120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans is not a universally known chapter of our country’s history. Perhaps still not even well known. And even to many of those who have some knowledge of it, the storyline runs … Continue reading →

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IONTW – May 13, 2018

Posted on May 13, 2018 by nutMeg

Happy Mother’s Day – to all those who fill this role, whether biological, or by circumstance, and to those who mother themselves. Project inspired by her mother – the stories of war brides (WWII) from Japan. Very cool Mississippi River … Continue reading →

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EXCLUSION: The Presidio’s Role in World War II Japanese American Incarceration

Posted on April 17, 2018 by nutMeg

2017 was the seventy-fifth anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066, which was what I thought forced the removal and incarceration of 120,000 West Coast Japanese Americans. I would be the first to admit my knowledge is incomplete … Continue reading →

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IONTW – January 14, 2018

Posted on January 14, 2018 by nutMeg

Spent some time on foot where I’d only ever ridden my bike. The same and yet different. Indeed, the unexpected is sometimes an ordinary thing in a different state or looked at or used in a different way… slurpee waves, … Continue reading →

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2017 Heart Mountain Pilgrimage

Posted on August 22, 2017 by nutMeg

Somehow the Heart Mountain Pilgrimage showed up on my radar this year, and then I had enough vacation time to make a long weekend of it and go! In an ideal world it would have been cool to take more … Continue reading →

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IONTW – July 2, 2017

Posted on July 2, 2017 by nutMeg

I’m currently listening to Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle – I know I’ve read her fiction and enjoyed it in the past, although I don’t particularly recall any story details – so the name caught my eye when browsing the … Continue reading →

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IONTW – May 7, 2017

Posted on May 7, 2017 by nutMeg

Matsuri Japanese Arts Festival in Santa Rosa TODAY 11 am – 5 pm. The film of George Takei’s Allegiance will be showing in Sebastopol May 9. All I needed to know:  or at least 7 Things I Learned When I … Continue reading →

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IONTW – April 23, 2017

Posted on April 23, 2017 by nutMeg

Art is part of the world it is made in – reflection, reaction, documenting or commenting – and receives meaning from both the maker and the viewer, and there’s often more than two sides to the story. Finding art in … Continue reading →

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