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Everything in between
I keep trying to write about the aftermath of the disasters but I have little new to say. Things in Tokyo are fine; disruptions are either settling into routine or are fading away. At the same time, everything up north is not fine. What is striking all of us now, even in the safety of…
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Intermediate mood
I’m feeling sort of stuck right now. Maybe it’s just me. Probably so. All my personal plans from before the quake are on hold – things that were dreams, goals, and wishes, projects, major life changes. They all became less important than the pressing need to help relief efforts. But the relief efforts are growing…
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45 rpm?
Here I am. Happy birthday, me. There has been a rip in the fabric of space-time, because today I turned the age I think of my mother as being. I don’t know how that works but I do not really feel my age. My Day: I started by getting up early to bake a cake…
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Yesterday, today and tomorrow
Yesterday I took a break from the computer almost all day and went out into the world for the first time since I caught my cold. Even though I was still coughing like a six pack a day smoker, I needed to breathe real air. And there were errands to run, so out I went.…
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The dance of progress
We are now firmly in a phase of two steps forward, one step back. It’s like living a bad waltz. Let’s try not to bump into the other dancers in the ballroom. After yesterday’s scare over radioactive iodine in the Tokyo water supply, we discovered that it was already halved by this morning. The mad…
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Three Little Firsts
Three cherries and a farewell.
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From my travel notebook
It was pretty much like this for a month.
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Physical Crises
Maureen, Tod & Mom are brokey this week.
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25 Words
The annual 25 word wrap up
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Reverb #23, New Name
This was a challenge.
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