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2025-09-18
My daughter, Kelly, got a large rock from the quarry at Preston’s Marenakos Rock Center, had it sliced in two and polished. One-half is the grave stone at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Kent, WA, with a d...
2025-09-08
The story is that JFK visited NASA and ran into a custodian and asked, "What do you do?" The custodian answered, "I'm helping us get to the moon." Using this example and because I'm a board member...
2025-08-30
“You don’t have to believe everything you think!” are the words on the door in my room. I printed and put up those words after I was given a “Joe Dispenza Seminar” on my computer for my birthday abou...
2025-08-24
As a Sansei (third-generation Japanese American), I’m on fire with a vision of a JAPANESE CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTER OF WASHINGTON, that Seattle city tour guides will direct visitors to, 100 YEAR...
2025-08-12
Yesterday, August 2025, cousins from my mom’s youngest brother, Frank, came for a visit from Hawaii & Portland. We shared stories about their mom, Alice. My memories start with my excitement when the...
2025-08-05
A few years ago, I asked my 18-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 fee...
2025-07-26
The artwork is the creation of my youngest granddaughter. I’m using this to illustrate how I’m feeling this morning as I post on my blog. I’m listening to a podcast by Simon Sinek in conversation wit...
2025-07-23
Kelly, Sam Goto's daughter, has written this book and features her dad's cartoon strips that he did weekly for five years before he passed in 2017. Kelly is leaving tomorrow for San Diego to go the ...
2025-07-15
Dad was never on my list of mentors until this past few years. Now, I realized it is important to live the person that we really are and not what society describes as "living successfully". A few ...
2025-07-07
Today, the national news is about the Texas floods. I’m not a big fan of Gale King, but I want to commend her for interviewing this family with two boys around 5 & 7 years of age who were successfull...