A Soul Lost From WWII Comes Home – Part 5
“Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.” — Herbert Hoover As we left the Mainit River bridge and our first memorial service behind, a deep somber prevailed. We had been...
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My LA cousins held a third anniversary Buddhist memorial service for our Aunt Shiz today (August 15, 2015), ironically the day 70 years ago that Emperor Hirohito broadcast to his citizens that Japan...
View ArticleA Soul Lost From WWII Comes Home – Part 8
“Uncle, Let’s Go Home…” Uncle, let’s go home… Those were the words that devotedly flowed with compassion from Masako’s daughter, Izumi, during our fourth and last memorial service on Leyte. “Leyte...
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“Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day.” – John Grogan, Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog Yogi, my...
View ArticleDiet is a Four Letter Word
I have been dieting for the past three weeks. Dieting for the first time in my life. I’ve always thought dieting was no big thing. But now, I’ve come to the realization that diet is a four letter word....
View ArticleGlazed Salmon
Those dreaded words once again echoed in my kitchen. “Papa, can you make something different for dinner?” asked my soon-to-be-dreaded-teenager, the Little Cake Boss Diva. Ugh… Which reminds me I am...
View ArticleIronman Results!
Well, wouldn’t you know it? My son Takeshi took THREE 1st Place awards, including an “Overall” trophy at L.A.’s “Ironman Naturally” competition today. I’m really proud of him. He really put his...
View ArticleDad Is 97 Years Old Today
Well, amazingly, dad turned 97 years old today. Have I said amazing yet? Born in Seattle in 1919 of (legal) immigrants who came across the Pacific from Hiroshima, he is the last of his family. He was...
View ArticleFlorentine Bars from Scratch
My bud, Chef Cathy Thomas of Orange County, CA (link here), had posted on her website a marvelous, yummy looking dessert called “Florentine Bars”. They are a creation of one of her culinary...
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Introducing Jasper
My little cake boss is now 17 years old but has had a devil of a time the past four months. But since she moved in with me full time after school started in September last year, we had talked about...
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