Jody Whitt, talented artist, urged me to bl(AH)g long ago. I've stumbled upon great & untidy & unexpected surprise stuff on the net & maybe, just maybe, I might surprise someone someday somewhere somehow with something I've included here.
"As soon as the generals and the politicos/can predict the motions of your mind,/lose it." (Excerpt from the poem, Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front by Wendell Berry)
Monday, April 25, 2005
Hearing "Wisteria" & Japan's Train Accident
I can't believe that train derailed in Japan. I live in Japan off and on and can only imagine the frenzy of the officials. You know, in a highly ordered Japan, things like this just aren't supposed to happen. God help all those affected, especially the 23 year-old conductor who, at this point, they believe took a maximum 44-mile/hour curve at almost two times that speed.