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2022-07-03
THE Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert and the sell out crowd left my face tired from smiling and my hands sore from clapping. How Joe was still standing and able to visit at the reception after the conce...
2022-06-30
It was a cloudy, but warm summer of 2022 evening as I drove Executive Director Karen Kishi Yoshitomi, of the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington (JCCCW) and Concert Pianist/teacher Mi...
2022-06-21
Weather in the Pacific Northwest is terrific practice for facing life issues if I label rain and clouds as bad days. Seattle and the Pacific Northwest is sometimes called the “Bellwether State”. Socio...
2022-06-11
SINGING and MUSICThis morning, I was awakened as I heard the girls 12 & 14 getting ready for school singing “TIME”, made popular by NF. Now, they have just come in the door after being dropped off by ...
2022-05-27
It’s important to me that I work to make a difference today in yours and my own life. Not only do stories engage us and our emotions, but I need “thinking” and “doing” to continue my fulfillment path ...
2022-05-23
This week I’m doing an interview for the CRITICAL ISSUES for SOCIAL WORKERS program at Arizona State University. The main reason I am being asked is because Elizabeth Lightfoot, Director and Foundatio...
2022-05-08
“Mom, you should get your feet fixed!”“I know, but I’m not in any pain. I just can’t wear heels. Guess I can’t wear open toe shoes either? Everyone asks me what’s wrong with my toes.” Mom 83 responded...
2022-05-02
“STORIES AT THE PANAMA” is being created because I want to BE INVOLVED IN THINGS THAT MAKE LIFE BETTER.My husband, Sam, passed four years ago after 56 years of a wonderful partnership. Therefore, I’m ...
2022-04-21
Growing up, getting a spanking was not part of my household nor that of my relatives. It was not part of my husband’s and my thinking as we raised our two daughters. We learned with gossip about our r...
2022-04-10
I first learn to play games like CHUTES AND LADDERS. As a preschooler, my parents and my siblings play with me and let me win most of the time until I finally learn not to cheat and play by the rules....