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2025-10-15
This morning I’m listening to a Lewis Howes/Andrew Huberman podcast. They are the ones who got me started with my daily practice of learning, seven years ago, when I chose listening to podcasts as he...
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...