Category Archives: War*Peace*Gratitude

There is no shortage of opinions regarding the speech President Obama gave at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Japan on May 27, 2016.  Since I happened to have addressed the issue of nuclear bombs just days prior in my May 2016 blog … Continue reading →

In November 2015, I wrote a piece about four million people escaping Syria into Europe, relating it to Japan’s historical era of warring factions.  Recently, I saw a Frontline documentary called, “Children of Syria,” which originally aired on April 19, 2016. … Continue reading →

Last month, March 2016, Jesse and Kathy, our son and daughter-in-law, invited anyone in the family who could join them for a vacation at a beach-front property they rented for a week in Duck, North Carolina. First, the interior of … Continue reading →

Sometimes, what happens in life throws you completely off guard.  Last month, on the 20th, after a couple of days of very strong and unrelenting winds, a tree fell down on a power line in our neighborhood at 11:05 a.m.  … Continue reading →

In my December 2015 blog post, I mentioned about a book called, “Son of Hamas,” written by Mosab Hassan Yousef.   It was one of the most memorable books I have ever read – with a possible, viable solution proposed by … Continue reading →

In October 2015, after I completed my presentation on “Japan’s Gratitude for America” at a local church, a lady came up to me and asked if I had read a book called, “The Only Woman in the Room” by Beate Sirota Gordon.  … Continue reading →

The natural world never ceases to fascinate me.  The suburb in which David and I have lived since 1984 has plenty of trees.  Every morning, as I wake up, I see various birds, many of them with beautiful colors.  I … Continue reading →

For the last few months, the event that has been dominating the news is the migration of four million people escaping Syria into Europe.  The news media is describing this as the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II.  I … Continue reading →

Long ago, I escaped from what I had abhorred for as far back as I could remember while growing up in Japan.  Violence. It was perpetrated against my mother by my own father.  Except for once, his violence was never … Continue reading →

Friday evening, August 28, 2015, David and I attended an event to Meet and Greet U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Blue Angels and their support staff at the Yankee Air Museum at Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Flying, to me, … Continue reading →