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HotMessJess
HotMessJess
Heirlooms: Letters from a Peach Farmer | David Mas Masumoto
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During my return to Oregon, I was gifted some incredible familial history:

My dad‘s mom gave me my Step-Papas Osaka 1946 Air Force album, WW1 memorabilia and a ton of school books from the turn of the century.

Mom‘s side: We found genealogy of my mom‘s dad dating to 1500s! and an entire cigar box of letters from 1890-1945. I mean probably 100 letters about my family. Project about them is forthcoming! I am so excited!! #familyhistory

tammysue That‘s awesome!! 7y
MrBook Wooooow!!! 😮😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
Jamesmelvinmitchell Absolutely awesome 7y
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Kaye Priceless items that can‘t be replaced. 🌟 7y
APLitlife So cool! My Grandfather gave me his scrapbook from WWII. So special. 7y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Wow - that is SO COOL!!! 7y
Mdargusch What treasures! 7y
HotMessJess @whatshesreadingnow right?! My father in law and I had a field day with all the stuff!! 7y
HotMessJess @MrBook wow is right!!! 7y
HotMessJess @kaye agreed! 7y
HotMessJess @APLitlife they are so incredible!!! I got my step-pops from Osaka 1946 AND his dad‘s WWI army photo and this set of photo books called “why America won the war” it‘s literally 24 books of just pictures from World War One and they look like they‘ve never been used! They‘re nearly 100 years old!! 7y
HotMessJess @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I will explain more to you about all this wild stuff!! 7y
HotMessJess @Mdargusch absolutely!! ❤️ 7y
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Erynecki
Erynecki
The Other California: The Great Central Valley in Life and Letters | Gerald W. Haslam
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I rarely reread books, but I picked this one off my shelf a few weeks ago and am so glad I did. Published in 1990, his observations are still so relevant. The California heartland, the Central Valley, is so different from the coastal cities and communities. It‘s not a place I‘ve ever lived, but I feel like Haslam reflects upon his community with such wisdom and insight that I understand it better.

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Mixedreader
Mixedreader
Breathing, in Dust | Tim Z. Hernandez
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#riotgrams (pt.1) #setwhereyoulive I want to do two posts on today's riotgrams because I feel like #CentralValley writers get no love. #California Central Valley is often cited as illiterate or uneducated. But the writers here are incredible and hardworking and tell the truest stories I know. Breathing In Dust is an example and Tim Z Hernandez is a Central Valley writing legend.

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