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2020-10-24
Arriving at Bellevue, Washington’s, contemporary Westminster Chapel just in time for the lights to dim, I quickly sit along the aisle in the left section. The Bellevue Philharmonic is playing Respighi...
2020-10-09
Signing up for a fiction writing class is a major challenge, but what else is there to do with Covid-Isolation?I've decided to try writing a novel called "GAMBATTE".I consider myself a fair writer and...
2020-09-24
My neighbor and I Covid-distance visit every Tuesday. She is an immigrant who worked to get her citizenship and the right to vote. Both of us plan to vote. Therefore, a good part of our usual 3-hour v...
2020-09-12
Mary’s Place is a non-profit temporary place for homeless families in the Seattle area. They made arrangements the first of 2020 to use the old Keiro Nursing home that closed a year ago and was sold. ...
2020-09-03
School principal, Linda Cliatt-Wayman from Pennsylvania says, “SO WHAT? NOW WHAT?” This is one of the mottos that changed their “failing school” 120% for the better. Wayman encountered too many neglec...
2020-08-24
Dear M,It occurs to me the lines: “The seasons you’ve endured”, “This too will pass” and “resilience” in the wake of your goals for intimacy; are what prompted you to send me the meditation? Listening...
2020-08-21
Here in Washington State, Kay repeats this phrase: "What goes around, comes around" constantly. At age 79, she runs to clean the church, she makes sure John at the hospital or Barbara at the nursing h...
2020-08-14
During my visit to get more information for the 50th Anniversary Talk, Ruth went on, “You just do what you gotta do.”Ruth was never shy about her cuisine as she explained, “You should try new things a...
2020-08-13
Ruth called me that spring of 1991 and said, “Our 50th anniversary is this year. It’s not until the fall, but we want to celebrate during the Nakanishi family reunion this summer. I don’t want a bunch...
2020-08-13
Ruth called me that spring of 1991 and said, “Our 50th anniversary is this year. It’s not until the fall, but we want to celebrate during the Nakanishi family reunion this summer. I don’t want a bunch...