Michael T. Miyoshi's Blog, page 60
June 27, 2015
Graduation and a Concert [1]
It is amazing what happens when you do nice things for others. Then again, as you sow, so shall you reap.
The Cedarcrest High School graduating class of 2015 should understand this sowing and reaping concept as it was granted a rare treat at the graduation ceremony because of it. Not only did the graduates get to hear some great speeches, including the keynote address by our own Zach Pittis, they got a concert as well. Sure the concert was by a hometown celebrity who likes to...
June 20, 2015
Thank You Linda [5]
What do you say about somebody who has taken care of you for twenty years? Happy Mother’s Day would almost work if it was the right season (after all, she has been my school mom for so long). And Thank You is not enough. But it is a start.
Thank you, Linda. For being my school mom. For helping me get my legs under me when I first started teaching all those years ago. For being the smiling face that has greeted me in the morning practically every day. For doing those little things that make m...
June 13, 2015
Half a Christian
After taking a class called Perspectives of the World Christian Movement (Perspectives for short), I have come to find out that I have been about half a Christian. Or less.
The Bible says that as Christ followers, we are supposed to go into the world and make disciples of all nations. Now, I do not believe that we are all called to go to foreign countries to do so, but all followers are all called to go. The question is where should we go?
Actually, the question is usually a cop...
June 6, 2015
Stadium Tour 2.0
Stadium High School, Tacoma, Washington
(original size 3,188 2,340 pixels)
by Joe Mabel licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Some traditions get better with time. I am not sure how our tour of “Washington Hogwarts” (a.k.a. Stadium High School) could get any better than on our high school’s 2014 trip to the state Track and Field (T&F) meet. But the tradition is certainly getting better.
The 2015 grand tour of Stadium High School (Dean, one of our coaches, dubbed it The Tour 2.0) actually started a ye...
May 30, 2015
Track and Field Traditions
Stadium High School, Tacoma, Washington
(original size 3,188 2,340 pixels)
by Joe Mabel licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Traditions while going to the Washington state track and field meet do not necessarily need to include getting trapped in or running (perhaps being chased) down the halls of Stadium High School, but they surely include telling the stories.
Our school’s state track and field tradition includes a trip to historic Stadium High School in Tacoma, where governors and Supreme Court j...
May 23, 2015
#Hashtag or #Octothorpe
Young people call them hashtags, but they are really pound signs or number signs. Or more technically, octothorpes.
I never heard of an octothorpe (or octothorp or octatharp or octatherp) until we were having supper one night. Seems that my kids know lots more than me. About seemingly everything. Or at least everything you can find on the internet. Which seems to be just about everything in the universe. (It is mindboggling thinking that the universe could be contained on the internet.)
At a...
May 16, 2015
Mother’s Day Oops
Mother’s Day is one of those days that you just cannot miss. But for all the years that I have been writing, I have not done a specific Mother’s Day piece (except to write about my mom and her technology). Oops.
The problem with writing about mothers is that there is only so much niceness that can be said in one day let alone one piece of writing. How many times or how many ways can one person say, “Thanks for being my mom and bringing me into this life”? Think about it. All the sappy stuff...
May 9, 2015
Our Dog Can Read
I would not be surprised if our dog could read. After all, she understands English and she knows what day of the week it is.
I know dogs are smart, but it seems ridiculous that our dog, Yukiko (a little West Highland White Terrier), seems to be able to read. At least the calendar. Each Saturday, she gets up with me earlier than everybody else and earlier than is her norm. She sits by me (or sometimes on my lap) as I read my Bible. And she gets impatient if I go past 8 a.m. That is Saturday b...
May 2, 2015
Write a Psalm
Praying Hands by Albrecht Dürer
This work is in the public domain.
At our Perspectives class the other night, they told us to write a psalm. In five minutes. It surely would not make the book of Psalms, but it does share my heart. So here it is. A Psalm.
My eyes have been opened
I can now see the light
Each thing that I do
Should be Your delight
Each word that I say
Should glorify You
Each person I meet
I should point him to You
Each day I will praise You
In word and in deed
To be your faith...
April 25, 2015
Word Creators
Nokota Horses by François Marchal
licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
(The picture will make sense at the end.)
Who comes up with words anyway?
I was writing a piece a while back and used the word “penultimate” incorrectly. I thought it meant “more than ultimate” or “ultimate-est.” I knew I should look it up before I submitted the piece to the newspaper, but I forgot or got in a hurry or some such excuse. (As we all know, any excuse will do.) At any rate, I sent it in and looked up the word the next...
