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2025-10-05
Taking my granddaughter to school this week, I said, “Have a good day.” I think my daughter would have said the common parental departure statement: “Love you!” Although Sam and I were “Sansei” (thir...
2025-09-26
This morning I awakened with a warm feeling in my heart. It was because I had a dream with a scene where I was deciding to go home because my love was there. The place, "home", was Ontario, Oregon,...
2025-09-18
My daughter, Kelly, got a large rock from the quarry at Preston’s Marenakos Rock Center, had it sliced in two and polished. One-half is the grave stone at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Kent, WA, with a d...
2025-09-08
The story is that JFK visited NASA and ran into a custodian and asked, "What do you do?" The custodian answered, "I'm helping us get to the moon." Using this example and because I'm a board member...
2025-08-30
“You don’t have to believe everything you think!” are the words on the door in my room. I printed and put up those words after I was given a “Joe Dispenza Seminar” on my computer for my birthday abou...
2025-08-24
As a Sansei (third-generation Japanese American), I’m on fire with a vision of a JAPANESE CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTER OF WASHINGTON, that Seattle city tour guides direct visitors to, 100 YEARS FROM...
2025-08-12
Yesterday, August 2025, cousins from my mom’s youngest brother, Frank, came for a visit from Hawaii & Portland. We shared stories about their mom, Alice. My memories start with my excitement when the...
2025-08-05
A few years ago, I asked my 18-yr-old granddaughter, “How do you feel about your Japanese Heritage?” She answered, “It gives me energy and I feel more power?” “Give me an example of when you fee...
2025-07-26
The artwork is the creation of my youngest granddaughter. I’m using this to illustrate how I’m feeling this morning as I post on my blog. I’m listening to a podcast by Simon Sinek in conversation wit...
2025-07-23
Kelly, Sam Goto's daughter, has written this book and features her dad's cartoon strips that he did weekly for five years before he passed in 2017. Kelly is leaving tomorrow for San Diego to go the ...