For nostalgia Tuesday this week, I go way back in time to when I was not yet born.   About that graphic to the right : .. .the process of searching for my roots started at a one day workshop held at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii. This is where I created the family mon as a composite of two classic versions.     I colorized this official form into the rainbow version shown to the right,   which then became the cover for   SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Planet Earth . The mon represents a high bridge ( Takahashi means high bridge in Japanese ) to connect countries and people taking the high road to cooperation . My roots are in Japan.  My father's father, Kenjiro Takahashi, must have had an incredible life during the 33 years he lived. Way back in 2009 I posted on  THE SEARCH FOR KENJIRO'S GRANDMOTHERS .   The reason I reached back to "grandmothers" is that one rumor growing up was that one of my father's father's grandmother was a female s...