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Little Lino (12" x 12") just in time for the Roadworks Steamroller prints this Saturday, September 20th, 2008 at the San Francisco...
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mimi, miyeko, bachan, mom

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I made this book in 1997, in honor of my maternal grandmother, Miyeko Okamura Kebo, who celebrated her 80th birthday that year (she is still...
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portraits of Quincy

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I received a blog request for color photos of Quince!  Some quick backstory though, since you asked. Quincy came about via a high school bio...
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Lost snake $100 reward

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This past Saturday, in the heat of other personal drama, I discovered through our neighbors that Quincy the snake had somehow escaped from t...
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Contours in the Air

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She is very beautiful, quiet, energetic, and unaffected and believes almost religiously in work. She is five feet two inches tall and has ve...
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