This is my boy Rui in happier times.. He was abducted from New York by Machico (Machiko) Terauchi in June, 2010 and is being held in Japan where kidnapping children from their homes abroad is allowed and encouraged. Please help us to recover our family members from Japan. Hundreds (currently officially) (thousands in reality) of … More Rui in Tompkins Square
For me to ask people to call or write to congresspersons and ambassadors has been something I thought I would never do. But … sincere and well-meaning people tell me that it’s required that we suspend skepticism one more time. It’s also possible to read a moving account on the web that tells us that … More Call State Department Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, New York Congressional Delegation, and Yours
1 The burden of the last years was to be a Jonah, fleeing the truth, thrown overboard and forced to survive. My lot was a loving marriage falling into misery with a wife that became relentlessly mean. By degrees she was progressively more unwilling to talk to me, collaborate in our close relationship, be reciprocal, … More Scenes From A Marriage (Revised)
Today on the 6-month anniversary of Rui’s abduction, I haven’t got the heart to write much myself. With all the respect that is due to a man who has suffered the worst and deserves nothing but plaudits for his efforts, and the supportive shoulders of his friends, I invite you to read this short summary … More 6 Months (revised)
For Rui Boy 