PocoBrat
A Daily Self-indulgent Postcolonial/Feminist/Poetry-in-Progress/Culture Blog
Monday, August 11, 2025
memories of new friends
Sunday, August 10, 2025
A diamond
Saturday, August 09, 2025
visiting Minè Okubo on the 80th anniversary of Nagasaki
My MIL turned 75 in January, and she was ecstatic to hear that there was a Minè Okubo retrospective at the Smithsonian because of the family connection.
That got us started planning a 75th birthday bash in D.C. Then MIL had a mini stroke and couldn't travel, At dropped out because of heartbreak, and Big A was very sick this week...
But some of us made it to this beautiful exhibition on the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki and it was a poignant reminder of how much the past is with us. Minè Okubo worked for the U.S. government and her brother was a member of the U.S. military, but she and the rest of her Japanese-American family were nevertheless forcibly incarcerated in internment camps after Pearl Harbor.
(I've been feeling so insecure, I carried my passport along with my Real ID for travel this time.)
Pic: Nu, Big A, and Aunt R at the exhibition.
Friday, August 08, 2025
on our way/up, up and away
I'm so grateful for my kind blog friends who checked in on me because I haven't posted in a couple of days.
Pic: Clouds from the plane. I'll never take for granted how magical this view is.
Thursday, August 07, 2025
snarl/ensnarled
Wednesday, August 06, 2025
Urgent Care this Morning; E.R. in the evening
Big A seemed to be recovering fine yesterday and suddenly needed so much medical help today. I'm lowkey terrified about his health and way down on that scale of anxiety is the worry if we're going to make it to D.C., a short trip on which we've already spent a ton.
Tuesday, August 05, 2025
1/2 happy news, sadness 1/2 suicide, genocide (C.W.)
memories of new friends
On Saturday, I was happy to meet two online friends in person. Steph who writes at AllForTheLoveOfYou playfully described how she sometimes...

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Friends and old neighbors shutting it down in honor of John Crawford. _
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Today is the birthday of the best sister in the whole world (mine:)! Happy, Happy Birthday, Chelli! [AA, my favorite aunt in the whole world...
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I have the feeling that I’m going to succumb to the season and put out a list of resolutions soon. Just wanted to establish this heads up th...