Our neighbor is gone. It was out of the blue, so sudden we were still attempting to carry on email conversations with her. Her silence…
Category: Genealogy
“I wished I had asked, before it was too late.” How many of us have heard this? How many of us have said this? How…
What does it mean to be remarkable? Merriam-Webster defines remarkable as: “Worthy of being or likely to be noticed especially as being uncommon or extraordinary”…
It was an early May morning of 1933 in San Francisco and Mr. Hagashi was crossing over Russian Hill on his way to his job…
It is often said: “You die twice. First when you stop breathing. Second when somebody mentions your name for the last time.” The origin of…
The real story of my parents’ courtship was hidden in plain sight — under layers and layers of stuff. By the time we moved my…
In 2015, the ghost in the glass came to me after we cleared my parents’ home. When I saw him, I immediately recognized him. The…