For Rui- with Daddy’s love. WHEN lilacs last in the door-yard bloom’d, And the great star early droop’d in the western sky in the night, I mourn’d—and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring. O ever-returning spring! trinity sure to me you bring; Lilac blooming perennial, and drooping star in the west, And thought of him … More When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom’d
On April 9th, I joined with members of BAC Home in Washington to protest Japanese International Child Abduction at Sakura Matsuri, the annual Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival, and to urge the US government to take assertive action to bring our endangered children home. With the news of nuclear fallout and contaminated food and water ringing … More BAC HOME PROTESTS JAPANESE INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION AT SAKURA MATSUI IN D.C., 04-09-11
I think those of us whose kidnapped children are forever missing know something very personal about phantom quakes, phantom limbs, and such tricks of the brain. A human who loses an arm feels it when other people scratch their hands, and can fool himself into believing the missing hand is moving with a mirror trick. … More Phantoms
“Thou perceivest the flowers put forth their precious odours, And none can tell how from so small a centre come such sweets” Wm. Blake Rui and I drew these pictures together. They’re about all I’ve got saved; his mother’s friends took away the rest after she abducted him to Japan. Just one more of a … More Rui’s Drawings
For Rui Boy 