FEELING THE WARMTH OF THE SEASON
12月
21日
ANOTHER KAORI WATERCOLOR
Kelly has been sitting in front of this warmth all month as she taps out, on her computer, the right words for the book she is putting together about her Dad, his philosophy and art with his 250 cartoon strips he completed before he died five years ago. Starting in 2012, Dad Sam’s weekly cartoon strips were published by the North American Post for five years.
December reminds us of the 2017 month of illness Sam endured producing his last cartoon strip for January and passing on December 31st. As the family gathered that day, sister Irene noted, “Sam was born on the 13th and today is the 31st, thirteen backwards!”
In 1971, when Sam and I took our first trip to Japan, we had to quickly get our visas and went to the City of Seattle Vital Statistics office to get Sam’s birth certificate. That’s when he officially learned he was born on January, 13, 1933, at 3am, on Friday the 13th, at 1303 Washington Street in Seattle, was the 3rd child of a mother 23 and a father 33 and their address was Route 3 in Renton.
Publisher Bruce Rutledge, of Chin Press, was here yesterday for lunch and he likes the idea of the title of our book being, THE WAY OF SAM, which might resonate more with all who seek truth and being American. The North American Post comic strips were titled SEATTLE TOMODACHI.
School is out, no homework, the girls and Suki the dog are filling our home with music, lights and love for the season.
