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2018-03-16
Bochi Bochi is a Japanese phrase I often heard as I was growing up with my Japanese Immigrant grandparents. The phrase means steadily and persistently getting things done. I'm choosing to send out my ...
2018-03-14
An e-mail from New York reader of the weekly comics, drawn by Sam Goto for the last five years and published in the North American Post, requested the publication of a book of the cartoons. Following ...
2018-02-27
This was during the short time Sam was at home with Hospice care.
2018-02-21
It was Sunday, September 3rd, 1971. Sam’s main Goto Dental Lab client–his former boss, Dr. Sproule had scheduled a 3 week trip to Australia in October. Sam’s sister Kiyo and husband Herb were visiting...
2018-02-17
The 2018 Olympic games in PyeongChang and going for the “Gold” awaken an emotion in each of us around the world. We are interested in the stories of dedication for bringing out and achieving the best....
2018-02-05
I'm sitting here reading grief counseling suggestions about positive ways of moving on with one’s life. It occurs to me that I want to have some new beginnings, but I also want to keep most of the pro...
2018-02-01
Dogs deserve their title of 'man's best friend'. They're loyal, intelligent, devoted and affectionate and don't talk back. Through almost all of are married life we had dogs. Sam also used to say, "Th...
2018-01-13
Today is January 13th, Sam’s birthday. Tomorrow is January 14th, my birthday. Shortly after we started seeing each other every day in 1960, I was studying for my Public Health degree at the U of W sch...
2018-01-09
"Any fool can criticize, complain and condemn; most fools do." -B Franklin Too may of us spend our time foolishly, it's true.I've lost a partner and what I am valuing the most are the thoughts and mes...
2018-01-02
In the 1980s I organized an English pronunciation class for five or six Japanese wives at the Shorewood apartments on Mercer Island. The class was with the wives of a group of young doctors who had co...