Cowboy’s Blog
“Sayonara Cowboy explores the wild frontier of time and geography, of youth and love, of destiny and freedom. Fellenberg’s recollections are spun into a personal tale stretched between a war-torn Japan and 20th century Americana, cross-stitched with the colorful fibers of finding identity, purpose, and artistic voice, a voice that is in turns innocent, honest and searching, and always humorous and poetic.”
—TOBY POSER, film maker, Where the Devil Roams, Hellbender, The Deeper You Dig
Killing Time with Dad
After I settled Dad into Bethany Senior Living, I cleaned his apartment. His once cheerful place overlooking the Delaware River in Callicoon had turned sour with everyday trash, old laundry, […]
A Prideful Couple
William Blake, The Temptation and Fall of Eve
Today began innocently enough in the garden, the place where things have gone badly for men and women since the beginning. There’s […]
What If: Remembering Grandma on Mother’s Day
Soon after Mom deserted us Dad foisted me on my grandparents then sidled away as a part-time father. I was eight then and Grandma was fifty-eight. That half-century […]
I Want to Change My Killing Ways
In early May, Donna and I doubted that our year-old garden of perennials could recover from an exceptionally harsh winter followed by a spring of chilly monsoons. When […]
Bridging Worlds
Sachiko Takano Fellenberg
Although a year has passed since the publication of Sayonara Cowboy: A Memoir, I still find myself tumbling backward in time. I’m unsure if it’s a function, […]
My Life with Cats
This photo captures a work moment with me and my research staff, Bella and Carmine. They field all incoming queries about my memoir, Sayonara Cowboy. They may take a while […]