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2022-10-03
The other day, I asked my 15-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 feel like t...
2022-09-25
Oprah considers Dr. Tererai Trent from Zimbabwe her all-time favorite guest. Listening to a podcast, Tererai’s story starts with how she wrote down her goals for coming to America and achieving a PhD,...
2022-09-06
MORTALITY has never bothered me. This morning, I'm listening to one of my favorite podcasters, Lex Fridman. Randomly, as she was leaving for an appointment, I asked Kelly, my daughter, "What is your g...
2022-08-30
Listening to Ian McGilchrist talk about his book, "THE MASTER AND HIS EMISSARY - The Divided brain and the Making of the Western World". He talks about the differences between the right brain and left...
2022-08-11
Annette visited us this summer from Germany. She was a high school exchange student with our daughter 36 years ago here at Mercer Island High School. She gave me a huge hug and commented, “The last ti...
2022-08-04
Today is Kirin's 15th birthday. It's raining so the plan for Paddle Boating and swimming are questionable. School friends are here to celebrate this special day and the Blue Angel fighter planes are f...
2022-08-01
I’m listening to Agapi Stassinopoulos who wrote CENTER YOURSELF: “Find it and give it to the world.” This chart was created with what I learned with Thomas Gordon’s PARENT EFFECTIVENESS TRAINING class...
2022-07-25
This morning as I was doing my part of clearing the kitchen sink and loading the dishwasher, 15-yr-old came running in to our adjacent utility room, unloading the dryer and putting in the clean washin...
2022-07-19
The lessons I take from this discussion of LORD OF THE FLIES is that given the reception by academics, 70th on the list of recommended reading, I am willing to agree with those saying this is a good d...
2022-07-13
“What I don’t know is more important than what I do know,” according to psychologists such as Carl Rogers. Taking the advice of writer, Malcolm Gladwell, I decided the best way to learn more is to TAL...