Happy Holidays to everyone in 2024. This year, we said good bye to my dear mother, Yoshiko. She passed away in May, but I still feel her absence so strongly, especially at this time of year that she loved so much. Perhaps she loves Christmas so much because of the joy our family had at the festive time of year, or because she loved to host lavish gatherings with her friends and colleagues. The elements in this piece below are the ornaments and little stuffies that Mom had collected over the years to decorate and celebrate Christmas. We hope that you all hold your loved ones close and cherish the moments that you have together. Peace be with you all!

Well, better late than never…

So some time around January, we decided to get married.  This is what it looked like:

MJ and George deciding that we should get married

And of course, you gotta have a website if you’re going to do anything nowadays, so here it is.  I’ll try and keep it up to date, but there’s a lot to do, and of course, I make websites all day long for work, so it’s hard to justify coming home after a long day of website-makin’ to make more websites.  But there’s always after the wedding to get caught up.

– g

So the invitations went out last week and we’ve already heard back from some of the invitees – things are getting interesting already!  It seems that now would be a good time to get this website kicked off so that we can share the details of the day with our friends and families, and … the rest of the world?  The NSA? Continue reading →