@Lily_Havey
Lily is a retired school teacher, pianist, stained glass artist, and watercolorist who now spends her time attempting to unclutter her life and to urge her garden to grow. She has written a creative memoir, 'Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp: A Nisei Youth Behind a World War II Fence' to be published by the University of Utah Press.
Nikkei Interests
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Feb. 21, 2015
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San Francisco, California, United States of America
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San Francisco, California, United States of America
Author Reading: Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp
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Feb. 14, 2015
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Gardena, California, United States of America
In Person
Gardena, California, United States of America
Author Reading: Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp
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Feb. 9, 2015
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Pasadena, California, United States of America
In Person
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Author Reading: Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp
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Feb. 7, 2015
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Los Angeles, California, United States of America
In Person
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Author Reading: Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp
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Nikkei Chronicles #2—Nikkei+: Stories of Mixed Language, Traditions, Generations & Race
What Tribe You From, Brother?
When my son Michael was in high school he was approached by a group of young Navajo men who asked h…
Nov. 6, 2013
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Nikkei Chronicles #1—ITADAKIMASU! A Taste of Nikkei Culture
One Grain of Rice
My mother was always reminding me to eat every grain of rice from my bowl: “Hito tsubu mo nokosanai…
Oct. 11, 2012
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Amache concentration camp
California
Colorado
concentration camps
Discover Nikkei
emotions
food
gaman (values)
gratitude
Itadakimasu (series)
metaphysics
Nikkei Chronicles (series)
postwar
psychology
rice
Santa Anita temporary detention center
temporary detention centers
theory of knowledge
United States
values
World War II
World War II camps
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Food for New Year
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July 3, 2012
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Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami
The Wave In the Harbor
Tsunami—the wave in the harbor. Isn’t that curious and amazing…that the kanji for such a devastatin…
May 10, 2011
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Temple 7G - Part 4
Part 3 >>Before the war we had celebrated Christmas even though we were Buddhists. We exchanged sim…
Dec. 24, 2010
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Temple 7G - Part 3
>> Part 2There were two Buddhist “temples” at blocks 7G and 12G. My mother and I attended the close…
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