PaMdora's Box

Looking back at my last entry, it seems a little Six-Feet-Under-ish but that was certainly not the intent (although I do like the show). The reason there are always a lot of roses at our family events is because of the Ninomiya’s nursery. For many years, my cousins have run a huge rose nursery business [...]

The day after our family renuion, there was a memorial service for my grandmother who passed away this spring. Her ashes now rest by my grandfather in their joint plot in Sunnyview at El Cerrito, just outside of San Francisco. After the service, we climbed the hill to look out at the ocean. We left [...]

No family reunion is complete without everyone showing up and sharing their talent, right? My family has always been a crafty bunch. Gary and Greg brought their guitars, and Tara sang. There were homemade jams, jellies, and pot scrubbies galore. Mari was wearing a very cute yellow tshirt with appliqued fish in Japanese fabrics. Karen [...]

Early, early last Saturday morning we flew away from the sweltering midwest heat to California — Monterey and San Francisco, to be more exact, for a big family reunion and few other side adventures. Here’s a view of the Bay Bridge as we drove across it on one our art-seeking side adventures in Oakland. More [...]