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One of my favorite hobbies is collecting postcards. I began collecting in 2013, after I inherited a large collection of stamps and envelopes from my …
Mollie Oto is one of those rare people of whom it could be said was truly irreplaceable. But though her recent passing saddened so many, …
Flipping through an issue of Men’s Health magazine, one usually expects a combination of articles and advertisements on healthy living and positive thinking. As part …
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My first exposure to baseball was around 1959 when my parents signed me up for baseball through the Fresno Buddhist Church which sponsored youth athletic …
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Chris Shinya Tomine’s recognition as an artist started as a simple request, being asked to create posters publicizing annual events held at the Alameda Buddhist …
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The dense aroma of steaming rice filled the narrow stairway leading to the basement of the Bussei Kaikan, the big brick gymnasium near the Yakima …
Even now we are separated here and there. In front of the Amida Buddha we are always close and live together. - Jack M. Iwata, …
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Read Part 1 >> [To Fusae] Do you remember a conversation that your parents had with you over moving to the camps? They went with …
“When he came back to Tule Lake where we were, he got off the bus, and he was an old man. To this day I …
Shake & Bake—that is how we characterize the Imperial Valley. The temperature was almost 110 degrees on the afternoon of August 26, 2012, when a …
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