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2023-02-28
Here's what I basically said: This is exciting! Thank you Nabra for this opportunity to share our OMOIDE (memories) stories. Why is the OMOIDE writing program important to me? Why do I want the Japane...
2023-02-20
When Zachary's mother, our first born arrived, we stared at the miracle saying, "Last year she was nothing." I often thought, "There is a good chance I will see great grandchildren. What can I think, ...
2023-02-13
It was 9am, Sam walked up the three flights of stairs, down the corridor west to his 423 office at the corner, as he had the previous thirty years with out ever missing - just as he never missed a day...
2023-02-06
Yesterday, we had another fun session of story telling at the Panama Tea and Coffee. About 15 individuals joined us for conversation on our 9th session since we started last May 2022. It’s particularl...
2023-01-30
OMOIDE writing program stories at the JCCCW are being featured in a program at the SEATTLE REP theater as part of their outreach program. One of the stories will highlight the history of one of our Se...
2023-01-21
“Agatta! Agatta!” (Went up!) Grandpa Kay shouted into the brisk December morning air, the week before Christmas. That meant, the steam had risen to the top of the stack of five wooden boxes holding wa...
2023-01-15
As I blogged yesterday, 1939 was another year that January had a Friday the 13th and my being born on January 14th seemed like another synchronicity for Sam and my being together. Today is my 84th bir...
2023-01-13
These are the years "Friday the 13th" fall in the month of January: 1905, 1911, 1922, 1928, 1933, 1939, 1950, 1956, 1961, 1967, 1978, 1984, 1989, 1995; 21st-century: 2006, 2012, 2017, 2023, 2034, 2040...
2023-01-01
Our household holds a 13-yr-old and a 15-year-old this New Year’s Eve, going into NEW YEAR 2023. The girls are at the mall and ice skating. I’m listening to a Wayne Dyer video and he gave me the idea ...
2022-12-31
Right now, there is a big FED-EX truck stuck in our driveway. He was turning around and got his right back truck wheel “high centered”, so it spins and has no traction. He eventually called a tow truc...