Shinkou Journal

Japanese beignets for starters! Great dining adventure!! (at Kru Contemporary Japanese Cuisine) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpMgkX4uND0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Seymour - ichiban inu! https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn_QN1vOrk1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Tres mexicanos y una japonésa!!! ¿¿¿¿Problema???? https://www.instagram.com/p/CnVkSiFJBik/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Happy 6th birthday dear love bug! We celebrated with zen spa facial mask and cucumber eye treatments!! https://www.instagram.com/p/CnK5NwTSY7e/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Everlasting Light ~ An Evening of Hope and Holy Anticipation. A beautiful night with friends! Plus Melinda Watts - a stellar performance!!! (at Bayside Church Folsom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl-1f-zutiS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Baking fun! https://www.instagram.com/p/ClF1RMEOyyN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

This peaceful gorgeous arboretum is surrounded by 68,000 university students! (at University of Illinois Arboretum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkABxcFLV-4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

My wonderful kazoku! https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjzm9qHOTzm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Time compresses with good friends! From Miss King’s kindergarten class (1960) to graduating 8th grade at Joseph Warren School (Class of 1969) - it seemed like 10 or 20 years have passed, not 40-50 years! https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjd_CBWuKAO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Took a walk today. (at Fair Oaks, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CihNDKBO1sL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Friday - a good day!!! https://www.instagram.com/p/CiDNj1PPAxg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Birthday dinner food coma! (at Q1227 Restaurant) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch1ADJ_Lusq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Taking in the Mayan splendor before the climb up!! (at Tikal, Peten, Guatemala) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChXnMJtudUS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I just received news that my friend Margaret is suffering from pneumonia (she is 15 and HIV+). Her mother Emily is being buried tomorrow (she passed from pneumonia and HIV complications). Please 🙏 for this amazing girl. (at Somewhere in Africa Kenya) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgPHCGwLKfF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Celebrating the lives of mom, dad and Aunt Lucille with family! This is the Bregar tribe with cousins!! (at Wolverine Farm Publick House) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf0eAI3s2js/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I don’t know how much we really helped out - the Kenyans are strong and so experienced at mud house building! At a minimum we helped construct at least one wall and provided comic relief as needed!! It takes a village to build a house for Emily, a mom of two who is battling AIDS. (at Kenya) https://www.instagram.com/p/CffC9RdPOX2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=