Month: January 2024

Every time we moved, Mom would take it in stride, pack up our belongings, and make sure the move happened.  I think as kids, we never really understood what hardships she endured, every time this occurred.

It is said that we are a nation of immigrants.  Except, of course, the indigence peoples.  And, there is some question from some circles that the indigenous peoples came to this continent across the Bering Strait.  We will never know for sure.

While at Marina del Ray, I completed painting the image in my sketch book and caught my flight back home.  Months went by, and the check with which I’d paid for Henry’s paintings never cleared my bank.  I called Mary who told me that it was not uncommon for Henry to forget to deposit checks.  She took care of the matter in California, and I went about my business at home.

Henry Fukuhara was a gentleman, a watercolorist, a teacher, a resident of Manzanar, a mentor, a husband and father, and he was my friend.  And I loved him.  Yes, I loved him.

Daughter #1 and I just returned from a trip to Wisconsin to visit kin.  Driving to Wisconsin, our first day was clear and sunny.  In the afternoon, while talking with Daughter #3, she mentioned fog.  She and Grand #1 were driving home to Appleton from picking up the oxygen concentrator for my use, and they were driving in fog.  Fog immediately descended on us driving east on I-80 about 400 miles away from where they were driving!  Power of suggestion?