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Yumiko and Ken on Father’s Day
Yumiko made Ken his favorite mussels and pasta for Father’s Day. I got some too.
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Yumiko Graduates!!!
Our baby girl is all grown up and graduated from Radnor High School on Wednesday Night, June 11, 2014. Not a dry eye in the house.
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The Kindness of Strangers
Ken and I witnessed first hand just how wonderfully kind people can be today. We needed to go to New York City to the Japanese Consulate to get a few very complicated papers approved and signed for Ken’s sister. As many of you know, Ken has Parkinson’s Disease and it is not easy for…
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Radnor High School Senior Prom Photo Session at The Kono’s
Back row: Julia Gong, Jiaqi Huang, Phoebe Cai, Marcus Gomez, Yumiko Kono, Johnny Benardino Seated from Left: Shefain Islam, Julia Gallagher Yours Truly and Yumiko Shefain and Mr. and Mrs. Islam Mr. and Mrs. Islam John, Debbie and Johnny Benardino Phoebe Cai and Mr. and Mrs. Cai Courtney, Julia, Paul and Liz Gallagher Julia…
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A Day Out with the Girls
For so many years a wonderful woman named Michelle Altman (center top photo) has been commenting on my photographs. Until yesterday we had never met. She has always been so witty and oh so very kind. About a week ago she e-mailed and asked if I might like to get together with her and…
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Late Christmas at the Kono’s
We made it back from Japan very early on the morning of December 30. All in one piece – except I had a little vertigo and felt like I might be in three pieces – but all that said, it was a great trip and always good to be home. We celebrated Christmas a…
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Katydid on My Knuckle
Most of the time when I am slogging through the tall grass at Valley Forge all the katydids hop away as fast as they can. But a few days ago, I found one looking for a friend. This guy was perched on a stem, facing the wrong direction for a portrait. I gingerly put my…
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Hollins Girls Do Martha’s Vineyard
Before After From Left: Karen Kalergis, Debra Abbott, Kitty Kono, Martha Peter, Kathy Cox, Bev Catlin, Read Haden Phillips, Marianne Bingham Rowe, Lynda Moore. What a crew!
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Stray Cats in Aoyama Cemetery
We came back to Tokyo yesterday and I couldn’t help myself. I had to go back to the Aoyama Cemetery near our apartment where I spent many early morning hours a few years ago. I wanted to see if the stray cats were still there. And to my total delight, there they were. All…
