Dear Rui It isn’t that there’s nothing left to say Rui, my son; there is too much and it overwhelms your Daddy to try to find words for it for you, from this distance. How can the life in our minds find expression in plain, simple sentences? We are the still, receptive places between … More Winter Pictures
http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/japan-moves-closer-to-joining-child-custody-pact Japanese accession to the Hague Convention under this “legislation” should be rejected by all signatories and all decent people, everywhere. The legislation is a display of absolute defiance of the convention, and of the principle of international law. The purpose of the convention itself is to stop countries like Japan from continually abducting massive … More Reject Japanese Accession to the Hague Convention
Flyers distributed around New York throughout the fall of 2011. Around the City University, at Occupy Wall Street, at bookstores and restaurants, to Amy Goodman, Michael Moore, and countless others. “A child of 5 whose nanny is leaving is told not to cry because that would make it more difficult for nanny. … A child … More Condemned to Repeat
Boarding a subway today, dragging my usual work bags, a woman stood to give me her seat – the first time anyone has done that since I last carried Rui into a crowded train, wobbling and subway surfing in front of the train door. I thought, has the gray in my beard become that … More Leaves
For Rui Boy 