tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62209732024-03-06T23:51:42.201-08:00KuidaOsumi's Alternative BlogJenni, Tony & Maiya's Alternative Blog for Peace and Justice, Friends, Family & Community.Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.comBlogger660125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-46595571231164160262023-02-23T11:21:00.004-08:002023-06-24T11:27:54.673-07:00Loving LolaLola Kuida-Osumi turned me into a dog lover. We met Lola in June 2018 when we dogsat for her. My friends Ernie Yoshikawa and Nayon Kang were her foster familia who trusted and encouraged us to take her into our family. I was allergic to dogs and not fond of them at all but Maiya always wanted a dog. We watched her - couple more times before adopting her as a senior dog in September 2018. She was Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-13994410002855807982022-02-01T10:51:00.011-08:002022-02-02T11:18:25.514-08:00Happy (Lunar) New Year 2022!Happy (Lunar) New Year! 11 more months of 2022! Maiya is now 17 years old, not quite sure how that happened so fast. Clockwise from top right: Lola ❤️ Max (adopted in April). Jenni’s contribution to Auntie Sewing Squad book. Xmas 2021. Jenni/Tony’s 26th 1st date Anniversary. Maiya & Jenni @ BTS concert. K-O Fam on Thanksgiving.Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-13869290245843843412021-08-17T11:21:00.014-07:002022-02-02T11:34:33.608-08:00Farewell to the Auntie Sewing SquadIt has been an honor to be a minion of the Auntie Sewing Squad from 3/31/2020 just a few weeks after the COVID-19 shutdown until 8/15/2021. I can’t put into words what being part of this lovely group of “Aunties,” who gave each other sewing tips, shared supplies, cheered each other on, exercised together, shared in Auntie Care and swag. We had the best logo, branding, and press coverage, all theJennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-81567011190119704322021-04-01T10:29:00.004-07:002021-06-08T11:00:06.403-07:00Memories with AuntieAuntie Keiko Kuida passed away at the age of 82. She has been present my whole life. From middle school when I was the only person in the family to fit her shoes, I became the happy recipient of her love of shopping, and her generosity, especially shoes, clothes, purses and jewelry. When I started working in Inglewood in the 1980s, we would meet for pizza on Fridays. She was an avid bowler,Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-52619505772324247922021-01-01T10:50:00.025-08:002021-06-08T10:59:01.458-07:00Happy New Year - Masking Up for 2021Mask Up 4 the 2021 New Year.Jenni (56), Tony (53), Maiya (almost 16), Lola (~11)Left Center: Tony & Maiya co-emcees for LA Day of Remembrance in Little Tokyo, Feb 2020; Bottom Left at Culver City 4 Black Lives March, June 2020; Top Right at Protect the Results March with Nikkei Progressives in DTLA on Nov 7th. Bottom: Artwork by Tony, 1000 Facemasks by Jenni.Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-18358751299017331162020-11-28T13:38:00.002-08:002020-11-28T13:41:16.192-08:00First Time Baking Pumpkin Pies | Episode 3Episode 3 of “Building Immunity and Community” with me and Maiya attempting pumpkin pie and bad puns with guest food critic Tony, edited by Maiya on Tony’s iPad Pro. Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-20359867947992329642020-01-01T01:37:00.000-08:002020-05-14T01:38:43.592-07:00Happy New Year 2020
Happy New Year 2020: (top left counter clockwise)
UTLA Teachers Strike
Kuida-Osumi Anniversary dinner at Roy’s
Never Again is Now: Protesting Fort Sill (former and proposed concentration camp)
Manzanar Pilgrimage 2019
Lola camping
Maiya 8th grade graduation, one of 17 valedictorians
Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-27935460422689635442019-12-25T09:43:00.000-08:002020-01-11T09:43:52.503-08:00K-Os in Christmas PJs Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-23213312349785418872019-01-01T23:18:00.000-08:002020-01-11T09:49:58.066-08:00Happy New Year 2019
Happy New Year 2019:
Photos from 2018:
Top left: Jenni and Tony’s 20th anniversary picnic (August)
Top right: Adopted Lola Kuida-Osumi (September)
Bottom right: Women’s March starting from Little Tokyo (January)
Bottom center: LA Teachers March and Rally DTLA (Nov/Dec?)
Bottom left: Picking up Maiya from Tech Trek girls Science camp at UCSD, Mecha Mural)Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-53130227655442203022018-01-01T20:59:00.000-08:002018-06-15T23:49:51.078-07:00Happy New Year 2018Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-7290660797916359192017-01-01T08:47:00.000-08:002017-02-11T08:51:15.622-08:00Happy New Year 2017!Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-82806346248351926872016-01-01T09:16:00.000-08:002017-03-11T09:21:50.142-08:00Happy New Year 2016!Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-31195048206164900702015-10-06T15:35:00.000-07:002015-10-22T15:48:07.421-07:00Memories of Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015)
Tuesday
Night Café, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
Jenni
Kuida with Tony Osumi & Maiya Kuida-Osumi
10/6/15
Thank you to Sean Miura for inviting us to share at tonight’s
Tuesday Night Cafe. Our deep condolences
to Grace’s family and friends in Detroit and around the country, and our thanks
to friends like Shea Howell at the Boggs Center who have taken care of her,
especially in the Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-13014688801650122142014-09-25T20:26:00.002-07:002014-09-25T20:29:55.493-07:00Goodbye to Nancy
Sharing some of my FB photos here.
Ms. J-town, the fabulous Nancy Kikuchi at the Taiko Gathering during Nisei Week 2013. I called her the real Nansei Week Queen and the Mayor of Little Tokyo.
The
two girls holding this sign, Olivia and Maiya were born during the
making of this mural in 2004 and 2005. Maiya helped by placing her
finger on the flame of a candle lit.. Olivia's Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-56963134860203479502014-04-11T20:57:00.000-07:002014-09-26T21:31:31.737-07:00Grandpa Don’s Dogs<!--StartFragment-->
Grandpa Don passed away on April 11th. We were fortunate that we got to travel with him twice last year, a week in Kalamazoo Michigan, and camping up at Lake Tahoe last summer. He found out he was sick in October 2013. We were able to visit with him at home in Idaho last Thanksgiving and in March/April, less than two weeks before he passed away. He was Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-65745842881343377262014-01-01T09:57:00.000-08:002017-02-11T08:53:32.192-08:00Happy New Year from the K-Os!
Can't believe it is 2014! Year of the Horse!Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-7519640601696533242013-08-30T21:38:00.000-07:002014-04-04T21:40:19.798-07:00First time camping
Maiya's first time camping. We went up to Fallen Lake Campground near Lake Tahoe in August in the Prius. That was pretty cool. We drove up in a thunderstorm all up the 395 and through the mountains to Tahoe. When we got there, a flood had gone through our Campsite. We met Tony's Mom and Don, along with their friends Gretchen and Bill, who fed us and took Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-49518635872108359072013-03-31T21:20:00.000-07:002014-09-26T21:22:03.821-07:00Kalamazoo Trip A week in Kalamazoo Michigan with Tony's family for Passover, March 2013. We stayed with Fran's cousins Jo and Judy's houses. We visited freezing Lake Michigan, the Frederick Meijer Garden in Grand Rapids, and just hung out with family. Grandpa Don bought Maiya her first loom on this trip.
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Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-38146582017131834922012-11-11T19:06:00.000-08:002012-11-12T19:10:16.646-08:00Children's Day @ School 2012
Children's Day is a big deal at Maiya's school. It's the day where when the Nihon Buyo (traditional Japanese dance) classes put on full kimonos and makeup and share their dances. Maiya and Eve were the only 1st grade girls in their class. It took almost 2 hours for hair, makeup and dressing all the girls, for a 5 minute performance.
1st and 2nd grade girls
Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-30931047764834568232012-11-10T00:13:00.000-08:002012-11-11T00:13:32.163-08:00Children Deserve a Future
Contingent walking from LTSC
I've been working in the Child Development field for almost 8 years, as a parent, and 7 years at LTSC. We have had a lot of successes with families in our Family Literacy program, with parents learning to speak English, gaining confidence and self-esteem, and several of our parents putting themselves out there and testifying before Commissioners at FirstJennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-77297831621223424762012-11-09T23:34:00.000-08:002012-11-10T23:37:00.456-08:00It's as Easy as...
...riding a bike. So we have been doing the Walk and Roll Wednesdays since last year. I've been volunteering to help with the kids walking to school, once a month. But, Maiya hadn't been able to ride her bike without training wheels because we really just hadn't spent much time on the bike. Maiya had gotten pretty good at riding her Razor scooter. Anyways in April (Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-45185491451007946082012-11-08T22:31:00.000-08:002012-11-08T22:34:18.543-08:00CicLAvia @ MacArthur Park - April 2012
For our 3rd CicLAvia in April 2012, Maiya and I drove down to MacArthur Park and again brought our scooters. Maiya had just learned how to ride a bike that week, and I was concerned that she would be a little unsteady with all the thousands of bike riders en the route. We joined Great Leap, for their performance of "Cycles of Change," bicycle stories directed by Dan Kwong and based Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-29350393704597298652012-11-07T23:21:00.000-08:002012-11-08T22:44:37.594-08:00Grace's Groupies in SF
So it's been 10 years since I've been to San Francisco, when we went up with NCRR for a Report Back on our trip to Cuba in 2001. When we heard our friends Grace Lee Boggs and Scott Kurashige (aka Tula's dad), were going to be in San Francisco on a speaking tour of their new book, The Next American Revolution, Sustainable Activism for the 21st Century in March 2012, we decided to Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220973.post-17650033705566855752012-11-06T22:31:00.000-08:002012-11-08T22:55:30.066-08:00Vote Vote VoteElection 2012...
All I can say is "whew!" I know there have been elections that were devastating, prop 109 (was that the number?), prop 22, comes to mind... or the stolen re-election of George Bush. Anyways, relieved at the outcome... I started checking my computer at work about an hour before I left the office, and when I saw the early returns, I couldn't breathe. Stress, Jennihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975694936840620152noreply@blogger.com0