returned to college at the age of 53 and began her long and influential career as a scholar of textiles and clothing.

Not sure why we relocated so often; probably a result of my fathers uncanny knack for losing a job.like Johnnys Sport Shop on North Lincoln Avenue.

second from the left: home run leader of the East Altadena Little League Giants.we lived in six different houses in Altadena and Pasadena.I fear current economic forces and the prohibitive real estate market are going to result in a town far less accessible to populations who were able to find purchase in Altadena – the quirky.

The beautiful foothill neighborhoods of Rubio Canyon now resemble a moonscape.My longtime pal Miho Kato Tyszka still lives in Altadena.

even amid a devastating divorce.

There was so much prejudice and discrimination here.Kanjis vision and tenacity is a lesson to us all so such injustices are never again experienced by anyone.

was happy to buy a three-story flat in Chicago.and the Historic Wintersburg buildings in Huntington Beach.

who envisioned a monument containing the names of all Japanese and Japanese Americans incarcerated by the government during World War II.the family was transferred to Rohwer.