This lighter was awarded to my father Akira Kiyohara for bowling a scratch 250 game, which, as any bowler will tell you, is a big deal. Dad loved bowling and Holiday Bowl was his one night out a week with his buddies. Dad passed on his love of bowling to his children, who can all…

Fender Guitar pick used by Eddie Van Halen at the Whiskey a Go Go live on the Sunset Strip, with David M Appleton c. 1977 It’s not the things, it’s the memories.

Granddaughter Melody saying “no! no!” at her first encounter with shishi-mai, the lion dog dance, reminds Mimy of when she was a child, terrified of the lion dog dancers. Shortly after, Melody giggled when we pulled the tail of the lion dog, hehe! @jikoen hongwanji Obon 2014

Granddaughter Melody in 2014 and son Akira Kendall with his cousins Saki and Natsumi in 1987.

Scene: AA Meeting, Somewhere in Tokyo “Hi, my name is Kerry and I’m a recovering asshole.” As my ol’ buddy, the buddha, once said, “Do bad shit and bad shit happen to you.” Becoming an ad agency executive seemed like a good idea at the time but I didn’t realize the price of admission included…