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“At this point, if I have a free night, I'd rather spend it at home watching an episode of This Is Us rather than sitting across from a man in a restaurant and having to stroke yet another male ego! As my friend Mary Les Casto (Founder of Casto Travel—a global company) says: ‘There's no man good enough for me. I'm good enough for me.’ Here! Here!

“Did I mention that I redesigned my ring after my divorce? I decided that I deserved every karat of that diamond ring from my second husband, and I really wanted to wear it every day. But I didn't want the ring to be the same as when he gave it to me—too many unpleasant memories and bad karma too! I redesigned it and wear it on my right finger rather proudly every day.

“I may be alone, but I'm not lonely. Life is full. And I purposefully keep it that way. I continue to serve on the boards of Kristi Yamaguchi's Always Dream Foundation and the San Francisco-Osaka Sister City Association. I just went to Osaka to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the two cities' partnership. I also completed six years of service as chair of the Representation Project, whose mission is gender equality, and six years of service on the US-Japan Council. And after ten and a half years, I stepped down from the corporate board of the Bank of Marin.

“Last year, Deborah asked me to come to Indianapolis for her Indiana Conference for Women to interview Oscar-winning actress and author Diane Keaton. Interview Annie Hall? Yes, count me in! In reading Keaton's books, I learned that she is self-conscious about her thinning hair, that she refuses to get a face lift, and that she adopted her children when she was fifty and fifty-five. She told us on stage she is soon to be seventy-two. Bravo, Diane!

“At a recent dinner party, I was seated next to LeRoy Morishita, President of the California State University, East Bay, who told me there are no Asian-Americans on the Board of Trustees for the California State University system. I was appalled. I graduated from California State University, Fresno, so I have a particular interest. Hmmmm, I thought, I should toss my name into the pot as a potential Trustee. Women, we can't be shy; we must find a way to have a seat at the table. Stay tuned! I feel as if I'm just getting started!”