JUST SAY MAHALO®

JUST SAY MAHALO®

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Just Say Mahalo®: a blog about Buddhism and ME (my ego)

  • Melody Dancing Machine

    http://vimeo.com/107978958 Melody isn’t supposed to be dancing on the table, which explains her joy at doing so. I love the way her performance ends with, “Grandpa’s turn!”    

    November 3, 2014
  • The Things We Keep #1: Fender Guitar Pick

    Fender Guitar pick used by Eddie Van Halen at the Whiskey a Go Go live on the Sunset Strip, with David M Appleton c. 1977 It’s not the things, it’s the memories.

    October 31, 2014
  • Baby Ducks at Kapiolani Park

    When I forget to look around and appreciate life Melody says, “go feed ducks park, grandpa?” And we go to discover baby ducks everywhere much to Melody’s delight our popcorn disappears Quack, quack, quack! Quack, quack, quack!

    October 3, 2014
  • Life Comes Full Circle #10: Shishi-mai

    Granddaughter Melody saying “no! no!” at her first encounter with shishi-mai, the lion dog dance, reminds Mimy of when she was a child, terrified of the lion dog dancers. Shortly after, Melody giggled when we pulled the tail of the lion dog, hehe! @jikoen hongwanji Obon 2014

    August 14, 2014
  • Life Comes Full Circle #8: Baby Photos

    Granddaughter Melody in 2014 and son Akira Kendall with his cousins Saki and Natsumi in 1987.

    July 30, 2014
  • Kerplunk!

    kindness spreads to all      like ripples on the water           be the stone, kerplunk!

    March 8, 2014
  • The Best Revenge

    Being happy is the best revenge

    November 10, 2013
  • My Ano Teaches Me an Important Lesson

    Scene: AA Meeting, Somewhere in Tokyo “Hi, my name is Kerry and I’m a recovering asshole.” As my ol’ buddy, the buddha, once said, “Do bad shit and bad shit happen to you.” Becoming an ad agency executive seemed like a good idea at the time but I didn’t realize the price of admission included…

    June 16, 2013
  • Life doesn’t validate parking

    June 6, 2013
  • People who say, “you never write,” never write.

    May 1, 2013
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  • kyoto
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