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Hisako Harasawa
and Toshiko Kawasaki
Photo
courtesy of Kathy Armstrong |
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Tamlyn
and Lee Weiss wait in the airport for their guests to arrive.
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Photo
courtesy of Kathy Armstrong |
Toshiko and Hisako
arrive.
Photo
courtesy of Kathy Armstrong |
Happy greetings
and welcome.
A few nights
before my guests arrived, I received a fortunate e-mail from
Yumi Nakayama, a graduate student at the School of Veterinary
Medicine of the University of Wisconsin. It just so happenned
that her mother is a long time neighbor and friend to Hisako
Harasawa, the master quilter who was to be my guest. Yumi's
mother had instructed her to "take care of Ms. Harasawa"
while she was in the USA. I happily invited Yumi to join us
for our first dinner together on Sunday night. I served beef
stew with red wine and Yumi brought a delicious home made
Japanese three layer mousse. From left to right: Yumi Nakayama,
interpreter; Hisako Harasawa, master quilter; Toshiko Kawasaki,
assistant; and me. |
Hisako Harasawa,
Toshiko Kawasaki, and me.
Photo
courtesy of Hisako Harasawa |
Yumi, Toshiko,
and me.
It was difficult but my husband, Chuck, managed to get this
photo while our dogs, Breezy and Cisco, were running intereference. |
Photo
courtesy of Hisako Harasawa |
Tamlyn, Chuck,
Breezy, and Cisco. Breezy just couldn't hold still for this shot. |
