"Doctors Without Borders" for Japan Disaster Relief

If you think about making a donation, please consider the non-profit organization "Doctors without Border." It's a French, International organization whose doctors have helped people in dire situations all over the world.

The following link (copy and paste) explains their mission and operation. It also provides a link to a secure site for donations:

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=5096&cat=field-news


Or CLICK HERE.

Thank you so much on behalf of the Japanese people.

Fleeting Dream

波寄せて
桜ごときに
散る命

Nami yose te
sakura gotoki ni
chiru inochi

The wave drawn in
scattered like the cherry blossoms
numerous lives

March Adventure in Newark

My little sister and brother in America went to Newark Buffet, bought a pot of cyclamen, and had a "hat" fashion show at a hardware store on a March day with a crisp blue sky.

Cuteness Beyond Imagination

Warning: Please don't scream as I almost did.



Domo arigato!

Red-Crowned Cranes Dance

Someone found this great YouTube video of the birds dancing--probably the best I have seen--with the cherry blossom song "Sakura" in the background.

This must be about the time that the birds are dancing in Kushiro.



Arigato!

New Link for the Tancho Cranes

Someone shared this great website for "Tancho Protection Group".

I want to fly to Hokkaido now...

Arigato!

A Girl of Happiness

A grandfather told a story:

The cranes will return from Siberia
to dance and sing in Hokkaido
when lakes are glass and grounds are veiled
in the color of their feathers.

Was it his sense of wonder
at those snow ballerinas
or his hope to see his granddaughter
celebrate life with them
that helped him name her
a girl of happiness?

Remembering words three decades past
like a river that never freezes,
standing on a knoll of grass overlooking the sunset West,
she reaches out in time and space
for bridges to get closer...