We had sad news this month. Our dear friend and Weeping Willow Books author Dick Jorgensen passed away on May 20. He would have been 93 in July, and he was so looking forward to a big birthday celebration. We published two of Dick’s memoirs—O Tomodachi (Friend) and Yuko, Friendship Between Nations—and were at work on his third, American Sensei (Teacher). You can learn more about Dick's work at his website dickjorgensenauthor.com. He also was close to finishing a fourth book,

Dick Jorgensen’s 2015 memoir, O Tomodachi, Friend, is about his two years of teaching at the University of Hiroshima from 1954-56, when he was a young graduate student. In October, Dick, now 92, and his daughter, Susan Dickinson, traveled to Japan and were able to meet with four of his former English students, who are now in their early 80s. The Santa Barbara News-Press’ Dave Mason wrote a fabulous story called "Time Travel" about the journey and his reunion with them (publis