1.0日系プレイスシニアhttps://seniors.nikkeiplace.org/jaLindsay Fonghttps://seniors.nikkeiplace.org/ja/author/l-fong/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="A3r74qNtQ6"><a href="https://seniors.nikkeiplace.org/ja/2021/12/10/reflecting-on-this-year/">Reflecting on This Year</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://seniors.nikkeiplace.org/ja/2021/12/10/reflecting-on-this-year/embed/#?secret=A3r74qNtQ6" width="600" height="338" title="“Reflecting on This Year” — Nikkei Place Seniors" data-secret="A3r74qNtQ6" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://seniors.nikkeiplace.org/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script>https://seniors.nikkeiplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/year-end_BG_wText.png900400Original article published in the December 2021 issue of the The Bulletin By: Randy Kondo The past year, 2021, was notable in Canada for an election called out of schedule.  The world finally got its Summer Olympics, delayed a year but carried off successfully in Tokyo.  The Lower Mainland experienced “heat domes” in the summer, something way out of the ordinary from our traditionally temperate summers.  Climate change is real! And the pandemic continues. We have been living with the pandemic, something that no one asked for, since early 2020.  If I have learned anything from it, it is to be grateful for what I have.  And to take fewer things for granted. I am […]