The Star Festival Memoirs Kindness isn’t merely about getting

Kindness isn’t merely about getting along with people and being nice

and Mamie Smith—and ordinary folks in the neighborhood too

part narrative documentary

spill out of his eyes

until one day

The Star Festival Memoirs Kindness isn’t merely about gettingTanabata Matsuri, the Star Festival, celebrates a popular folktale: The Emperor of the Heavens separates his daughter, Orihime, from her love, Hikoboshi, all yearbut on this day the two stars finally reunite, crossing a bridge over the Milky Way. For Keiko, her mama, and her grandmother, Tanabata is about making tanzaku wishes, taking in the colorful decorations, and eating delicious food like nagashi somen and shaved ice. But when Obaasan gets lost