Box filled with post-its with Sam's quotes
As we were preparing for Sam's celebration of life memorial, we found this box. Sam must have collected them over the years. Some of them are quotes that Sam wanted to remember, but most of them are his own quotes.
The "IDEAS" box got filled as Sam worked at his Medical-Dental building lab and the puppets in the back were also created as he worked with denture material.
I typed up the quotes and put them in fortune cookies as suggested by Kelly. It's kind of fun to open one every day and be inspired.
"The bottom line of a good marriage is commitment." -sg
"Hate is not the opposite of love, indifference is." -sg
"Life never stays the same." -sg
"DOING WHAT'S RIGHT is hard to do,
When no one knows but dog (God) and you" -sg
"What you did is more important than what you are going to do." -sg
"Good examples are great, but poor examples are also necessary." -sg
"Salesmanship is not selling your product, but selling yourself."
"TIME IS ALIVE, TIME IS OUR FRIEND. TIME WILL BE WITH US TILL THE VERY END." -sg
"Little lies lose a lot of credibility." -sg
![WOW!! SO MANY HELPING HA...]()
WOW!! SO MANY HELPING HANDS
Bochi Bochi is a Japanese phrase I often heard as I was growing up with my Japanese Immigrant grandparents. The phrase means steadily and persistently getting things done.
I'm choosing to send out my appreciation "bochi bochi" for all the comforting words and helping hands as we remember my husband, Sam, since he passed on New Year's Eve 2017, a little over three months ago.
I also trust that "bochi bochi", everyone's words and connections will persist and keep me company.
The words also have the implication of "by and by" - not over reacting and taking life a little at a time.
I wonder what Sam would have done with this phrase?
![Sam, drawing his last contribut...]()
Sam, drawing his last contribution!
An e-mail from New York reader of the weekly comics, drawn by Sam Goto for the last five years and published in the North American Post, requested the publication of a book of the cartoons. Following are the reader's comments:
To the Editor:
I do not know how many subscribers you have from New York to the NORTH AMERICA POST but I always look forward to receiving a copy. However, I was a bit disappointed when it was cut down to just two issues a month. Regardless, please continue with the interesting reportage and your excellent staff and writers.
And by the way many years ago I was at a JACL convention in Seattle. What a wonderful city you have. And also as forewarned it did not rain when we were there.
I just now received the NAP (1/19/18) and was saddened to read David Yamaguchi's SANSEI JOURNAL "The Cartoonist Below Me" of the passing of Sam Goto. My deepest condolences to Dee Goto.
Mr. Yamaguchi had the privilege as he described it of being the first person to review the lay out of "Seattle Tomodachi." In my case it is always the first page I turn to where the cartoon is located and also of fondness.
I do not know if there are any plans but I would like to propose that the NAP publish a book that features the entire "Seattle Tomodachi" cartoon from the very beginning to the end. I am sure it will be a best seller. And I will indeed get a copy of his book "My Fifty Years in the Medical-Dental Building.”
Mr. Goto's character features a youth somewhat ethnically oriented with Nikkei philosophy, life style, education, adventure, and a inu companionship that at times think like a human being and other amusing characters all put together in a enjoyable comic format.
Thanks Sam for the many years for your great cartoons I enjoyed and by many of your fans. Unfortunately I never got to meet you. No doubt you must have been a great guy to have as a friend. May you rest in peace.
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