12:00 – Christmas Eve, and I’m moving boxes around in the night here in my apartment, trying to get myself ready for the arrival of the last of the holidays without making too much noise and disturbing my neighbors. I thought of people sleeping and anticipating what they might be doing tomorrow. I always imagine … More 12 o’clock
“Even in the darkest times, we have a right to expect some illumination.” – Hannah Arendt The story below (in Japanese) quotes U.S. parent and chldren’s rights activist, Paul Toland (co-founding member of U.S.-based Bring Abducted Children Home) saying, “I am only one of 400 people whose kids have been stolen to Japan … More Child Abduction Enforcment Law Passed by the U.S. House
These three songs are all I can reach out to you with from this helpless place here in New York. Rui, you’re in every dream. I haven’t forgotten a thing. This is, for me, a memory of when you were small and we slept side by side. Graham Nash – Sleep Song When you were … More A Talking Book That Said Your Name (November 16, 2013 – Rui is 8 Years Old)
Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight Someone’s thinking of me and loving me tonight Somewhere out there someone’s saying a prayer That we’ll find one another in that big somewhere out there And even though I know how very far apart we are It helps to think we might be wishing on the same … More Somewhere
For Rui Boy 