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2019-08-22
There is nothing like words of appreciation! One of the essentials of birthday or Christmas presents is that "THANK YOUs" are required by our daughter Kelly's daughters, even if it takes weeks of nagg...
2019-08-12
NHK is my go to station for news and background information. Last night I was watching an interview for the building of the Shibuya Plaza in Tokyo. Typical of the Japanese mental attitude for innovati...
2019-08-09
Last week I had a discussion with Cousin Gary at a family gathering. He shared about his excitement of THE POWER OF NOW and Eckhart Tolle who is presenting in Seattle this October. One of my favorite ...
2019-08-05
Last week a friend told me she recommended her niece not to go as a young single person to an event in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, because of the fear of white supremacy activity in Idaho. My husband and I ...
2019-07-30
JoAnne and I graduated together from the U of W Psychosocial Nursing program. She currently teaches Nursing Theory in North Carolina. As we connected a couple weeks ago, she commented about this lates...
2019-07-23
One of the first quotes, we put up on our fridge years ago, still stands out as a good beginning and overall goal for what I want for the rest of my life. Getting ready for the day and reading on the ...
2019-07-17
It had snowed that April Morning in 1968. Dr. Shinichi Suzuki was in Seattle for his first American tour since his method for teaching children, starting at age three, violin, piano & cello skills...
2019-07-10
When KK & Jodi first arrived in Seattle from Hawaii, I took them to have a treat at the Panama Hotel Tea & Coffee Shop on Main Street because part of our Goto heritage is featured there. The b...
2019-07-07
This past week, I was blest with visitors, Jodi & KK, from Hilo, Hawaii. I love the confidence almost 17-yr-old KK shows as she attended Tennis Camp at the Sandpoint Tennis Center. There is no dou...
2019-06-28
In 1976, Sam and I went to learn how to buy fixer up houses and use them as our retirement income. Forty-Three years later, what is left after taxes is an important part of my retirement income. The b...