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2023-10-12
This week I'm enthused about SAMURAI MATCHA and his podcast about 7 Japanese Habits:https://youtu.be/r1NfP3vdQcY?si=PJJX5Q3vcuv6c4MR1. VISIT FAMILY GRAVE: Grandpa Nakanishi bought 12 plots in the Ken...
2023-10-01
Last Thursday, organized by Mary Abo, with her daughter Julie, Kimiko Marr recorded our OMOIDE (memories) stories for a national broadcast on October 15th. OMOIDE at the JCCCW (Japanese Cultural and C...
2023-09-30
Nothing like having teenagers around to liven up our rainy week here in the Pacific Northwest. Yes, she turned 16 and now I don't have to drive her to 6am Drill Team practices 4 mornings a week and pi...
2023-09-24
Last night I went to Bea's 60th b-day celebration. She's from Hungary and a lot of her dance group friends were there. Her husband, who is also from Hungary, put together the music and lighting. My pi...
2023-09-23
This is one of the most inspiring interviews I've heard in a while. As explained in the beginning, Tom Brady opens up about not having been a naturally gifted athlete, but was naturally gifted with th...
2023-09-15
Yesterday, I had the privilege of spending the afternoon at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma, Washington. It’s located on Pacific Avenue next to the old Union Station. I remember Thanksgi...
2023-09-03
The reason I’m choosing to learn from Robert E Grant is because I’m dealing with a situation this last few weeks that I don’t like. As Grant describes, the happenings could be understood with music an...
2023-08-28
When I talk to out-of-state friends and relatives, I brag about how we have the best weather despite a lot of rain in Seattle. It’s always cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter than most other...
2023-08-18
K Tsukamaki, my maternal grandpa, came to the Seattle area from Hiroshima, Japan, in 1907 and became a dairy hand. He had a Japanese immigrant uncle that was already working as a dairy hand in the Ken...
2023-08-13
"Pain is necessary and valuable. Suffering is a choice of our mind. Right now, if you are miserable, you are sending a message to every cell in your body that you don't want to live," Sudhguru shares!...