Author
Nate Doherty
Spade George is part of a dying breed. The hardcore rebel bikers image of the 1960’s and 1970’s, is fading away as the newer less abrasive bikers of today become more common. Like Spade George, my father took me to… Continue Reading →
Writing Workshop: Process not Product Professor Kris, had us do some short drafts on keywords found in our Project Proposals and our Annotated Bibliographies, to get our motors running. After a nice short guided meditation to remove any anxieties the… Continue Reading →
Keino worked with one of the Godfather’s of the Harley building movement, Indian Larry. Keino picked up a lot of Indian Larry’s skills and they show in his bikes. He is another Japanese American builders that I’ve always loved the… Continue Reading →
Shinya Kimura Resources for final paper. Shinya is an amazing master of many trades. He is a mechanic and a master fabricator. His style is so amazing, he does things with metal I dream of doing. The bikes he builds… Continue Reading →
Donald Duk by Frank Chin An interesting view of the Chinese New Year celebration in San Francisco written in the early 90’s by Frank Chin. The reader is taken along on a journey through a young boy’s battle of fitting in… Continue Reading →
It’s been a long time since I’ve been in an academic setting and I’m a little rusty in my summarizing skills. I want to learn how to summarize things better. I feel like I go into crazy long play by… Continue Reading →
Another coming of age movie, but this time the main characters are Asian American kids stuck in a rich school. It was entertaining, and follows the same plot as most of the coming of age high school movies do. Teenage… Continue Reading →
Reconciliation Park, The Tacoma Art Museum and the Washington State History Museum. The second week of class we traveled up to Tacoma as a class to visit a couple museums and see Tacoma’s Reconciliation Park. Being in my late 30’s,… Continue Reading →
20 minute writing exercise. Kris asked us to pick one topic from the word murals and to write about it. There is: Freedom Running down the open road, wind in your hair, the sound of the engine ringing in your… Continue Reading →
Wow! Julie Otsuka, has some literary skills, her novel When the Emperor was Divine kept me along side them during their journey. The story telling skills she uses of this unfortunate time in our history was compelling and I had a hard… Continue Reading →