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2018-12-05
This is kind of a Christmas season serendipity. Monday night, Dec. 3, 2018, I was invited to a talk about Japanese Gardens by Koichi Kobayashi, a Japanese garden Landscape designer. Nancy was part of ...
2018-11-26
Motivational speaker, Jim Rohn, famously said that we are the average of the five people we spend the most time with. Today, Kelly, the girls and I spent the day with the Chang family. they had their ...
2018-11-16
Here's one of my memories about meeting the cute guys at the Thanksgiving conference when I was a senior in high school in 1955: Our Japanese immigrant parents regularly set up youth conferences and s...
2018-11-09
This was sent to me this morning. Although I don't immediately relate to the horse and rider, it does remind me of the sunsets outside our southwest facing windows this last few weeks. I like the thou...
2018-10-30
Our nine-year-old Grand daughter is the new girl in third grade. Last week Mom volunteered for a baking event planned by the teacher. Therefore, this one classmate’s mother was also there and relayed ...
2018-10-23
Sitting in the car at the Crossroads shopping center, after I had gone to the party store and Half Price Books, I felt my lips were dry. I pulled down my visor and opened the mirror to put on some lip...
2018-10-22
I loved being a wife, I love being a mother, I love being a grandmother. I was fortunate to have been married to someone who was strong about bringing out the best in the women in our family. Yesterda...
2018-10-18
The trees are proclaiming their Fall colors as I drive I-90 and listen to the Score with Edmund Stone featuring scary music for Halloween. It’s featuring arachinoid phobia and snakes as in music for R...
2018-10-10
The summer spent in Larkspur was wonderful with sunny days and cooler nights here north of San Francisco. I didn't see rain for at least 3 months. Several residents and shop keepers have spent time in...
2018-10-02
Sam was a warrior and wouldn't let our girls, especially the younger one, get away with "Little White Lies." Therefore, truth telling is how she runs her life and teaches it to the grand girls every d...