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2023-01-21
“Agatta! Agatta!” (Went up!) Grandpa Kay shouted into the brisk December morning air, the week before Christmas. That meant, the steam had risen to the top of the stack of five wooden boxes holding wa...
2023-01-15
As I blogged yesterday, 1939 was another year that January had a Friday the 13th and my being born on January 14th seemed like another synchronicity for Sam and my being together. Today is my 84th bir...
2023-01-13
These are the years "Friday the 13th" fall in the month of January: 1905, 1911, 1922, 1928, 1933, 1939, 1950, 1956, 1961, 1967, 1978, 1984, 1989, 1995; 21st-century: 2006, 2012, 2017, 2023, 2034, 2040...
2023-01-01
Our household holds a 13-yr-old and a 15-year-old this New Year’s Eve, going into NEW YEAR 2023. The girls are at the mall and ice skating. I’m listening to a Wayne Dyer video and he gave me the idea ...
2022-12-31
Right now, there is a big FED-EX truck stuck in our driveway. He was turning around and got his right back truck wheel “high centered”, so it spins and has no traction. He eventually called a tow truc...
2022-12-20
Yesterday was a snowy day. Kaori (13) and I talked about what I might blog about our thoughts and she wanted to think about the good feelings with a warm fire in our living room. Kelly has been sittin...
2022-12-09
As I was hiding Christmas gifts for the girls this 2022 holiday season, I found this story Grandpa Sam had written on the shelf of his writings and drawings in my closet. It is representative of the g...
2022-12-02
According to Sudhguru, “connecting with source” starts with appreciating colors, wearing natural product created clothes, noticing sunrises and sunsets, being passionate with nature and exuberant abou...
2022-11-25
Being involved in things that make life better, being a grandma, making my bed, getting at least 5000 steps on my Fitbit, making healthy diet choices, living in harmony with nature and continuing to l...
2022-11-08
Spring of 2022, Nana and I started meeting at the Panama Hotel Tea and Coffee on Tuesdays to discuss Seattle Japanese Immigrant stories and writing. The place was always humming with a variety of acti...