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2026-09-14
A few minutes ago FedEx delivered my second daughter a copy of Eric Athas's book to our front door! I use this example, confirming the outcome of the Dr. Shinichi Suzuki's philosophy of Parent/Child/...
2026-09-09
“Humility” in our Japanese in America community too often means, “being quiet and not being disruptive.” This morning, I’m listening to an interview with Mathew McConaughey and these words from him a...
2026-09-01
Over 50 years ago, I helped incorporate a non-profit Suzuki Method music school and was the first President. The next president was assertive Mary. I kept getting phone calls of complaints about a ho...
2026-08-19
Logging in, this title and top picture showed up on my computer screen this morning. I try to be consistent in following my daily inspirations and value the fact that the two girls are my granddaught...
2026-08-09
Socially connecting is one of the important life managing activities for a fulfilling and healthy longevity. The Nisei Veteran’s organization in Seattle manage a lunch program on the first Friday of ...
2026-07-30
Listening to an Oprah podcast, I thought, “I want a Maya Angelou mentorship in my life.” Then it occurred to me that I could learn to be a Maya Angelou for others. I don’t have to be six feet tall. I ...
2026-07-19
It was the Friday evening session of the 2026 Japan Fair at the Bellevue Meydenbauer Center. My red ticket stub numbers matched the numbers drawn and called out by Tom Ikeda. I was sitting with Lori...
2026-07-13
Heidi, Guess who I had lunch with today. Vanna Novak! The eight of us Asian women introduced ourselves around the table at the Chinook restaurant, near the Ballard Bridge. When it came to my turn, ...
2026-07-01
“EVERY CHILD CAN BE EDUCATED” -Dr.Shinichi Suzuki A Spring day walk, April 1967, around the block on Seattle’s Capitol Hill with our 3-year-old, changed my life! That was when I was talked into st...
2026-06-22
One of my commitments now, at age 87, is to use our examples of the Japanese in America experience here in the Pacific Northwest of the USA, with our attention getting story of the WWII incarceration...