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2026-03-09
Emotion is a complex, temporary psychological and physiological state and physical functioning is a reaction to internal or external events. Emotions influence our physical health! Alan Watkins i...
2026-03-04
Listening to Noah benShea: “Energy can only be transformed, we are energy. Ride the horse in the direction it’s going. The wind in your face, is God giving you kisses. The two great days in your lif...
2026-02-28
Yesterday, I had lunch with Ruth, sharing a crab dip at Palisades restaurant on Seattle’s waterfront. She grew up in a fundamental Christian environment like me. Neither Ruth nor I currently attend c...
2026-02-22
Last November, I had a resignation letter ready on email because I felt my ideas as a board member of the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington (JCCCW) were not being heard and at age...
2026-02-07
Last Saturday was another district competition at Kent-Ridge High School. The 23 members of our Mercer Island Drill Team had breakfast at our house at 7am before leaveing for Kent on the bus. There ...
2026-02-07
This week was Super Bowl Week in football. I was moved to tears when I heard this one interview with Mike Macdonald, Seahawk coach. He was asked about his relationship with his wife. His answer, “She ...
2026-02-02
I’m being asked: 1. What is the message that you hope to convey to the next generation through Sam's comics and his story? 2. What does this award mean to you? Your family? The community? I was at...
2026-01-26
"Lloyd Nordstrom, representing a group of Seattle business leaders, awarded the franchise to start the Seattle Seahawks football team", was part of the BIG news in 1974. Sam came home one day that we...
2026-01-19
A classic example for Goal Setting is the “Star of Bethlehem” in the Christmas story and is an example used by Professor Arthur Brooks at Harvard when he teaches his class on Happiness. The star is t...
2026-01-11
My husband, Sam, always talked about his mentor, Coach Gil. Sam was a defensive line backer on the high school football team, Weiser Idaho Woverines, for the 1948 & 1949 football seasons. Part of...