Sayonara Cowboy: a memoir

I was a ten-year-old kid whose best friend was an old lady. I felt weird knowing it was true, but I did enjoy our small adventures together. So, when Grandma […]

I began my freshman year in 1963 when I was 14. The ride to Freehold High was my first test of the day. The bus hobbled like an old water […]

After I settled Dad into Bethany Senior Living, I cleaned his apartment. His once cheerful place overlooking the Delaware River in Callicoon had […]

William Blake, The Temptation and Fall of Eve

Today began innocently enough in the garden, the place where things have gone badly for […]

Soon after Mom deserted us Dad foisted me on my grandparents then sidled away as a part-time father. I was eight […]

In early May, Donna and I doubted that our year-old garden of perennials could recover from an exceptionally harsh winter followed […]

Sachiko Takano Fellenberg

Although a year has passed since the publication of Sayonara Cowboy: A Memoir, I still find myself tumbling backward in […]

October 20, 2024, at the Blauvelt Library, Rockland County, NY—it’s always a charge for me to meet new people who, regardless of their backgrounds, […]

My reading at NJCU….

Alchemy? Not so much. But what a lovely and inspirational experience it was for me to read excerpts from Sayonara […]