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Dancing for the Bon

7/27/2014

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Written in 2010, still holds. Addendum at end. 

The first thing I notice at bon dance is that it is inter-generational. I love that there are people of all ages who enjoy dancing. The young are noticeably more lively, putting skips and hops and double steps where we would do a step, but that is natural diversity.

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Taotaomona Encounter

7/6/2014

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Here is the story that I told at the KPRG Summer Solstice Poetry and Storytelling Competition held in June 2014. I didn't read it, so it didn't come out exactly like this. 
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A long, long time ago, in the last century, in a decade called the 80s, I wrote a play set here in Guam, called Pulani. It was a story about a young Chamorro girl going on a journey. Today’s story is about something that happened while we were putting the play together. 

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Storytelling Breakthrough

7/6/2014

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I had a very eventful first week of my vacation in Guam. Not only did I perform a poem for the first time at an open mic, I told a story in front of an audience. This was not my first time, but it was my first competition. I would have done it even if it wasn't a competition though. I was, and am, in the mood for doing new things. 

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Performing Poetry

7/6/2014

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One of the first things I did on my Guam vacation was perform in an open mic poetry reading. Some may be surprised at this. It was the first time I had done this, but I have been a fan of spoken word for a while and I had actually written this poem meant to be recited out loud. When I wrote it, I spoke it, listening for the rhythms in the phrasing. It was a bit nerve-wracking, but somehow I was ready for it. This was such a relaxed, accepting crowd. The hosts were very encouraging. It also helped that it was a bar, so there was a little bit of altered consciousness. Just a little. 
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Helping Out at Ayuda

7/5/2014

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I have known Carlotta Leon Guerrero since 7th grade. She sat behind me in English class and used to call me Setsuko because I resembled a friend she had by that name in Okinawa where her Air Force father had been stationed.(Her last name, by the way, was Kaneshiro, which is my grandmother's maiden name.) We became the best of friends, going through the trials and tribulations of  junior high and high school. Over the years, we maintained our friendship - we are godmothers to each other's daughters. We caught  up with each other when she visited Honolulu, or I visited Guam. She tells wonderful true stories and her life story could fill a book. This is just one slice of it.

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I Did It!

7/4/2014

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I don't remember how Weebly came into my life. Whatever they did to promote themselves worked to get me to try them. Most website companies draw you into their web based on their "free" offerings. I have to admit, I didn't do much comparisons of other companies. I jumped in and hoped that they were as easy as they said they were. 

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A New Blog for a New Life

7/1/2014

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This past year, I consciously worked on making my decision to retire from teaching. I was looking for "signs" about whether or not this was the time to do it. 

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